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Theo Jansen:
My creations, a new form of life

TED2007 · 8:13 · Filmed Mar 2007
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Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move — and even survive — on their own.

Theo Jansen
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Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who builds walking kinetic sculptures that he calls a new form of life. His "Strandbeests" walk the coastline of Holland, feeding on wind and fleeing from water. Full bio
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Find out more about the artist's yellow plastic beasts -- which walk on the wind and survive on their own -- at strandbeest.com.

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