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Theo Jansen

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Also known as Strandbeest

Dutch artist (born 1948)

Person · Open Library

Born
1948
Works
7

Top works

  • UNEMPLOYED YOUTH AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN EUROPE: LEARNING FOR INCLUSION?
  • Buiten de orde
  • Gedeelde verschillen
  • The great pretender
  • Ideologiese aanpassing in het basisonderwijs ; observaties in vier scholen

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
527
Total plays
652

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Quotes

  • The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds, and few go beyond them.
  • Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat. Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put those animals out in herds on the beaches so they will live their own lives.
  • Kinetic art was created by artists who pushed the boundaries of traditional, static art forms to introduce visual experiences that would engage the audience and profoundly change the course of modern art.
  • In the Pregluton, there were no animals of plastic tubing yet. This initial period was marked by an absence of matter. Life then consisted exclusively of dreaming about life.
  • I made virtual animals in the computer, life-forms subject to an artificial evolution. I also went walking a lot on the beach and in the streets of Scheveningen for inspiration for my columns. Since 1986 I have been writing pieces for national daily on matters that interest me. Often these are technical things, fantasies or musings.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.strandbeest.com
Image
Jansen Theo Hannover.jpg
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Commons category
Theo Jansen
date of birth
1948-03-17
birth name
Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen
name in native language
Theo Jansen
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Theo Jansen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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