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Incredible Kinetic Moving Sculptures of Theo Jensen

weburbanist.com — In 1990, a new species was born. It was not formed from the cross-breeding of existing creatures. It didn ’t evolve from a simple to a complex organism. It sprung from the hands of a Dutch artist whose imagination and technical knowledge somehow turned plastic yellow tubes into graceful beach faring creatures.

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  • MookiBlaylock, on 10/12/2008, -2/+11Check this guy out on youtube, his sculptures are awesome in action.
  • daveybee, on 10/12/2008, -2/+10I've always like these sculptures. It makes me want to make them, except for all the work it takes.
  • psud0, on 10/12/2008, -1/+9Very creative work. I like it a lot.
  • socialfly, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6http://etd.rau.ac.za/theses/available/etd-08102005 ...
    Technical link on this. I have seen an interview with Theo Jenson on our local TV - was absolutely fascinating, with wonderful shots of his strandbeeste on the beach near where he lives in Delft.
  • mdee2, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4Amazing work
  • Katana, on 10/12/2008, -1/+9http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/theo_jansen_cre ...
    check out his TED talk where he talks about the "creatures"
  • stignordas, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6The Animaris Rhinoceros is menacing and beautiful.
  • koldmilk, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4they will give sea gulls a run for their money.
  • spaceman84, on 10/12/2008, -12/+7How many times is this ***** going to be on Digg? Welcome to the Internet, retards.
    • Devilboy666, on 10/13/2008, -4/+6Get out of the basement sometime
  • johnmatias, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4Now if only I could drive it...
  • 1legend, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6Reminds me of stuff from "Spirited Away" and some other Japanese anime movies.
  • insaincain02, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4Extremely creative
  • aMunster, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Brilliant art, considering its only made of plastic tubes and lemonade bottles...
  • Laggs, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4It's amazing that someone can invent such a radical idea while avoiding modern electrical technologies.
  • Rhodamine, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2Incredible work!! They should put plans for some of these on Instructables.com. I'm glad it made it's way up the Digg ladder.
    Still, I wonder how many diggers had to submit this before MrBabyMan brought it to the front page?
  • steelaman, on 10/13/2008, -1/+2was the evolving part sarcasm, I hope it was
  • arcangelgabriel, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2Incredible, Simply Incredible.
  • HouseofEl, on 10/13/2008, -2/+2Yes it's amazing. It was amazing the last 10 times this guy reached the front page.
  • temujin2012, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2Very cool works. Reminds me a lot of stuff from Coachella.
  • HaileeVale, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2This is a beautiful testament to the creativity born inside the human spirit!!!
  • Strongwings, on 10/13/2008, -2/+3I LOVE this guy's stuff but this is way old. How many times is it going to go around?
  • SenatorRaborn, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3Do you really need to say 'kinetic' and 'moving'? I'm almost positive kinetic implies motion...
  • cathpah, on 10/13/2008, -0/+4FTA: "He theorizes that one day the animali will be able to evolve just like the organic beings on earth: by challenging each other. The winner will absorb the loser’s “DNA” and continue to grow and learn new things."

    He is....the Highlander!
  • gerrylazlo, on 10/13/2008, -0/+4This guy was made for Burning Man.
  • terrible0ne, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2wtf, i cant even grasp how these things work. my mind is blown
  • geauxtig3rs, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2This is really really really old.....
  • piwy, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2Oh so that's what that is... We have one of those hanging from the roof of the college at Haagse Hogeschool. Probably a reproduction tho, since it's hanging in the industrial design department.
  • julieBi, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Absolutely amazing, check out the videos of this guy on YouTube also, he is one of a kind.
  • scarwars, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2mindbogglingly beautiful
  • jcds172, on 10/16/2008, -0/+0This is the type of art we should encourage instead of paying thousands of dollars for mediocre art splashed on a canvas which require no creativity and effort.
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