STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2017 theo jansen 2017-06-07 | www.strandbeest.com Numerous specimen of the Strandbeest evolution on music of Khachaturian's Spartacus. It open the archives of fossils. Theo Jansen's work since 1990. He tries to make new forms of live on beaches. His animals get their energy from the wind so they don't have to eat. In the future he wants to put out in herds.
Strandbeest sings theo jansen 2024-05-13 | A long-standing wish of Calefax is coming true: a collaboration with artist and inventor Theo Jansen. He is known for his beach animals, impressive creatures made of PVC pipes that move independently in the wind. Composer Ned McGowan wrote new music especially for this project. The instruments are also made of PVC pipe. 'Strandbeest Zingt' will be performed during the Oerol Festival 2024.It started with Theo Jansen's desire to create an autonomous life form. Now he is the inventor of Strandbeests, impressive creatures that move independently on the wind. The next step in their evolution: making music. Theo Jansen and Calefax invite you on a musical expedition through a natural history museum of Strandbeesten.
Experiment theo jansen 2023-11-30 | In my studio I'm looking for new possibilities for strandbeest wings.@strandbeestfilm
Development Animaris Rex 2023 theo jansen 2023-11-14 | The ups and downs of my 2023 Strandbeest evolution@strandbeestfilm #theojansenstrandbeest#beach
2023 Animaris Rex theo jansen 2023-09-29 | Since the beginning of this summer I have been trying to connect several running units (Ordissen) in succession. Animaris Rex is a herd of beach animals whose specimens hold each other as defense against storms. As individuals they would simply blow over, but as a group the chance of surviving a storm would be greater. It is 18 meters long (5 meters longer than the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex found.)@strandbeestfilm
First trials 2023 on the beach ©Theo Jansen theo jansen 2023-06-01 | @strandbeestfilm #beach #kineticenergy
Animaris Omnia 2018 theo jansen 2023-05-04 | Film Animaris Omnia, extinct animal. Muziek Raaf and Wolf Hekkema @strandbeestfilm
Spinalis and the evolution of the crankshaft 2021 theo jansen 2023-04-06 | #strandbeest #theojansenstrandbeest#beach
Strandbeest 2022, music: James Quinn - A Gentle Sunlight theo jansen 2023-03-23 | @strandbeestfilm #strandbeest #theojansenstrandbeest
Shoes of the strandbeest theo jansen 2023-03-20 | @strandbeestfilm #strandbeest#theojansenstrandbeest
Mimicrae 2019 met muziek en leden Mbungo Expres, filmed by Paul Imthorn theo jansen 2023-02-17 | @strandbeestfilm Before performance in beach club De Fuut The Hague 2019
Magnus Auribus 2022 theo jansen 2023-01-18 | The Magnis Auribus is the latest cross walker. Cross walkers walk with their noses into the wind and move like a sailboat at half wind. So they can walk in both directions. A sailboat has a keel on the bottom that prevents the boat from being pushed aside. The Magnis Auribus doesn't have anything like that yet. I act as a keel by keeping the beast in line with ropes.
Animaris Gubernare 2011 theo jansen 2022-11-23 | One of the biggest in the evolution of the strandbeests. It was too big and too fragile and died out pretty quickly.
STRANDBEEST Magnis Auribus Full Sails theo jansen 2022-09-11 | Cross runners run walk with their nose into wind like a sailboat on sailing on half wind. But they don't have a keel yet. I function as a keel. In the future I will be replaced by a rolling anchor or a caterpillar keel.
high winds theo jansen 2022-05-15 | High winds 15-24 knots. Beach animals have to drag a sandbag behind them otherwise they will blow over. That sandbag more or less keeps them on course.
STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2021 theo jansen 2022-04-03 | Strandbeest Evolution 2021 provides an update on the evolutionary development. Every spring I go to the beach with a new beast. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. In the fall I grew a bit wiser about how these beasts can survive the circumstances on the beach. At that point I declare them extinct and they go to the bone yard.
STRING theo jansen 2021-11-24 | Sand, sand, sand. Besides the fact that the beach animals are in danger of being dug into the sand, that sand also ends up in the joints. By now connecting the tubes with (flexible) dynema strings , they can still move without sand hindering their movement
Duabis Caudis theo jansen 2021-11-24 | Duabis CaudisThe strandbeest was able to spread its sails by means of pneumatics. So the wind was stored in Pet-bottles in high pressure. This energy you can use for all kind of purposes. In this case to spread the sails.
WORKSHOP theo jansen 2021-11-11 | www.strandbeest.com Just like our bodies, beach animals are made up of elementary building blocks: the cells. Our cells copy themselves, but strandbeest cells are copied by students. The cells of a strandbeest are nothing more than a tube with holes in it on specific places. Those tubes are attached to other tubes with tie-wraps. After three hours, a beach animal was born. At a wind speed of 25 km/h, the beast could walk on the wind (without a sail).
Nose directed in the wind theo jansen 2021-10-20 | There are two kind of strandbeests: cross-walker and wind followers.The cross-walkers should always keep their straight into the wind.www.strandbeest.com
Strandbeests pumping wings theo jansen 2021-08-22 | Wind, wind, wind, windIf you repeat the word ‘wind’ often enough, it will start blowing. Try it some time. The negligible amount of wind produced by one’s mouth picks up by degrees to become a breeze and in some cases even a full-fledged storm. An atmosphere filled with hundreds of words can’t avoid the meaning of those words. You’ll see. It starts blowing sooner or later.
Strandbeests legs theo jansen 2021-06-01 | For about eight months I have been working to develop a new kind of crankshaft. It now appears that both the crankshaft and the entire leg system are redundant at once. It is a hard decision to declare all that work unnecessary. But from the experiments on the beach there was only one clear conclusion: These new cross walkers will no longer have legs. Many youtubers will regret it. But there's nothing I can do about that. It is the conditions on the beach that dictate to me. The criterion is surviving! I think this new species will survive better, especially the storms. This will become apparent from the experiments I will be conducting this summer.
Strandbeest Evolution 2020 theo jansen 2021-04-05 | Strandbeest Evolution 2020 provides an overview of the beach animals of the past thirty years. Over time, an evolution has taken place, which is visible in successive generations. Ultimately, I want to release these animals on the beaches, where they will lead a life of their own.Every spring I go to the beach with a new animal and during the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. By autumn I will be a bit wiser when it comes to surviving on the beach. Then I declare the beast extinct and they go to the boneyard.I associate looking back in history with black and white movies. Looking back in silence. No music.But the Strandbeest evolution will certainly continue for the next thirty years. www.strandbeest.com
STRANDBEEST MULTI TRIPODES theo jansen 2020-10-25 | Beast with many legs (36).The special thing about the way a beach animal walks is that it does not bump like us. The body of a beach animal stays at the same level while the legs walk under it. This is the result of the angle of the upper leg in relation to that of the lower leg. The oblique position is continuously compensated by that of the lower leg so that the hip joint remains at the same height. Well, with the Multi Tripodes, behind the row of hind legs, there is a row of extra legs that imitate the hind legs by means of parallelograms. The high and lower leg of those extra legs are parallel to those of the hind legs. This provides six extra legs. Now you can continue by adding more imitating legs. The beast originally had 12 legs (connected to the crankshaft). I added a total of 24 legs (4 rows).
Strandbeest Hovering theo jansen 2020-09-25 | The new beach animal Animaris Ader is named after the 19th century aviation pioneer Clement Ader (1841-1926). In order not to be buried in a sandstorm, it can hover a little above the ground. Beach animals are normally sand magnets. They attract sand when the wind blows. So floating could be a new survival strategy. To be able to do this, they must be able to anchor themselves. In the past, this often happened with a pin that was hammered into the ground. Now I am thinking more of a screw pin that screws itself into the ground. This is done with compressed air, generated by the wavy wing on top of the Ader, which pumps air into PET bottles.
STRANDBEEST MIMICRI 2019 theo jansen 2019-10-12 | Mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another species. Some hoverflies (Chrysotoxum cautum), for example, keep their enemies away by resembling a wasp.The Animaris Mimicry here, is a caterpillar that seems to walk on legs. (but he doesn't). The legs do not support the body; they keep the caterpillar inside out of sight. Animaris Mimicry belongs to the family branch of the internet survivors. With legs they survive better on YouTube. Different survival criteria apply on YouTube than on the beach. The beasts on youtube never collapse in the wind…….
Chatsjatoerjan theo jansen 2018-10-30 | The Adagio from the Spartacus ballet, composed by Aram Chatsjatoerjan (1903-1978) has always been an important inspiration for the Strandbeests. In many strandbeest movies in the past, you hear Chatsjatoerjan in the background, but I think the combination of music and images was ever better than the one in this movie. www.strandbeest.com
Chalips op de wind II theo jansen 2018-10-30 | Animaris Chalips, the smallest caterpillar. More than the other caterpillars, Animaris Chalips is able to fool our visual system. Circle segments appear out of nowhere at the tail of the beast. They travel to the front and disappear again. Animaris Chalips walks very well on dry, fluffy sand. www.strandbeest.com
UMINAMI 2018 theo jansen 2018-06-14 | UMINAMI, the new strandbeest doesn't have hinging joints like the classical strandbeests. So they don't get sand in their joints and you don't have to lubricate them.
The Waterfeeler theo jansen 2018-05-16 | Theo Explains about the waterfeeler system of the Strandbeests
The Legsystem theo jansen 2018-05-16 | Theo explains about the Strandbeest legsystem. He invented that in 1991.
ANIMARIS MULUS STRANDBEEST THEO JANSEN theo jansen 2017-05-31 | Animaris Mulus is the new strandbeest. This is the first time a caterpillar walked on the wind. The caterpillar walking system is very simple. Two lines keep a number of segments is together, so the shape of a wave appears. The big advantage of the caterpillar is that it doesn't have any hinging parts. So no lubrication and no sand in the joints. It can also carry a lot of weight. In the coming generation it will carry the wind stomach (PET-bottles for wind storage) and a pumping wing. All my hope is on the MULUS.
RUPS 6 theo jansen 2016-09-29 | Animaris Bruchus is driven by pressed air coming from a compressor. Eventually it will be driven by wind. It will have a wing which moves up and down in the wind. Small pumps will press air into pet-bottles. And the animal can walk on this pressed air. .... Probably against the wind.
Mr Sandman theo jansen 2016-07-22 | This wonderful song Mr. Sandman written by Pat Ballard, published in 1954 and first recorded in that same year by The Chordettes, fitted so nicely with the experiments of Theo Jansen. So I edited some movies Theo is struggling with the animals. He often makes his movies on his own, so you see him running from and towards the camera. In my feeling the song really symbolizes Theo's Dream machines. Peter Welbeest, editor.
RUPS 4 theo jansen 2016-06-28 | New Strandbeests are coming. They are called Bruchus. These don't have hinges in their joints. So sand cannot come in there anymore. Classical (leg)beasts always had trouble with that. The new ones are not able to walk on wind yet, but I am working on it.
RUPS 3 theo jansen 2016-06-21 | New Strandbeests are coming. They are called Bruchus. These don't have hinges in their joints. So sand cannot come in there anymore. Classical (leg)beasts always had trouble with that. The new ones are not able to walk on wind yet, but I am working on it.
