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Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures


http://www.ted.com - Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His "Strandbeests" (Beach Creatures) are built to move and even survive on their own.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: September 6, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Author: TEDtalksDirector

Length: 10:10
Rating: 4.90
Views: 251305

Tags: jansen  sculpture  strandbeests  ted  tedtalks  

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myspacechannell (August 25, 2008 at 3:26 am)
sorry..THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER. BUT I LOVE MY MOM SO I AM NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.If you don't copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours
stevebritgimp (August 25, 2008 at 12:12 am)
While your comment is technically correct, the balance of lack of answers is somewhat skewed.
leafsoup (August 24, 2008 at 8:09 am)
It's intentionally ironic.
pittmeister (August 23, 2008 at 5:34 am)
i think they were talking about the evolution of his idea
SSBRmaster (August 21, 2008 at 6:50 pm)
Cool! In the future when we don't have any more gas for our cars, we could ride around on those!
PopeMarmalade3rd (August 19, 2008 at 9:31 am)
Indeed and people need to stop talking about science in God videos, because neither scientists or theologists have all the answers, as Oscar wilde once said "what a pity everyone who knows how to run the world is too busy cutting hair or driving coaches."
Edwin30 (August 18, 2008 at 9:53 pm)
I wanna be like him.
weirdwatch (August 17, 2008 at 6:42 pm)
It's hard to say "evolution has generated many species" when these are shaped, created works. There's no real volition to these mechanisms, and they can't really adapt to any situation their creator didn't forsee. It's a lovely demonstration of engineering inspired by living creatures, but calling these living creatures is a huge stretch.
Jhazmon (August 13, 2008 at 3:26 am)
Who cares if there isn't a point, art doesn't have a point either other than to make the world interesting and that is what Theo is doing. A new idea for a wheel? Maybe, Movement on legs is obviously better than wheels so I wouldn't be surprised if this INFLUENCES future travel.
Jhazmon (August 13, 2008 at 3:26 am)
Before I've heared of Theo, I would of never thought of this form of a fusion of grand engineering and art could be possible. What this man has created may be one of the most interesting pieces of art AND engineering we may ever see in a long time.

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