If you aren’t familiar with the strandbeest, it is the creation of Dutch artist [Theo Jansen]. Complex skeletal walking machines powered by the wind, that in the case of [Jansen]’s machines ...

Most readers will be familiar with the work of the Dutch artist Theo Jansen, whose Strandbeest wind-powered mechanical walking sculptures prowl the beaches of the Netherlands. The Jansen linkage ...

Tourists soaking up the sun at picturesque beaches in the Netherlands are being greeted by a "strange and scary" surprise. A series of rare and eye-catching sculptures by Dutch artist and inventor ...

Jansen wrangles a strandbeest, Animaris Apodiacula, on the beach in 2013. Courtesy of Theo Jansen/photo by Uros Kirn There’s a moment that gets Dutch artist Theo Jansen excited—the moment when you ...

“The floor is very slippery here,” said Theo Jansen, helpfully positioning his foot against a flailing leg of Animaris Suspendisse as it uncannily propelled itself across the floor of the ...

People of all ages have found themselves transfixed over the last couple of years by YouTube clips of Dutch environmental artist Theo Jansen’s enormous wind-propelled kinetic sculptures. In the ...