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Theo Jansen

Dutch Artist

Born: Mar 14, 1948

Animals Because Between Me Nature You

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I can be fascinated with very little things. The clouds stimulate my imagination, and sometimes I just sit somewhere and go on dreaming for a long time. Your head is also a computer. When you're dreaming, you are simulating a world in which you are living. Theo Jansen

Time You Clouds Little Things World Sometimes Long Somewhere Long Time Sit Living Imagination Dreaming Computer Head Also Stimulate Go Very Just Which Little Your Fascinated Things

I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at the university. But when I got there... well, the subject still attracted me a lot, but I had to do all these exams, and it was just like working in an office. I couldn't stand that. Theo Jansen

Teacher Me Science School High High School Exams Inspired Had Studying Like Liked Attracted Well Him Because Got Still Subject Lot Began Very Office Just Much Working Stand University

The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds. Theo Jansen

Art Walls Engineering Our Minds Only Between Exist

The Strandbeest is a self-replicating meme, a brain virus. It infects the student's brain. In fact, the Strandbeest abuse students for their reproduction. For two years, this reproduction fell into a flow acceleration. Now, 3D printers produce walking mini Strandbeests. Theo Jansen

Virus Mini Meme Fact Student Students Abuse Fell Acceleration Printers Years Brain Walking In Fact Reproduction Produce Now Flow Two

I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don't have to eat... eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives. Theo Jansen

Walk Will Wind Animals Own Live Herd Out Able Eat Beaches Put Make Want Skeletons Eventually Lives

The leg system of the beach animals works because of a combination of certain lengths of tubes. Because of the proportion of lengths, the animals walk smoothly. You could say that this range of numbers is their genetic code. Theo Jansen

You Walk Animals Say Range System Beach Proportion Could Combination Genetic Because Smoothly Leg Tubes Certain Works Code Numbers

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