Saturday 7 October 2023

It Is The Latest Strandbeest,

making it's way across the sand,


all images © Theo Jansen, we have featured these fantastical contraptions before

they are the work of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who has been releasing a Strandbeest each year since 1990,

the artists comments, "Animaris Rex is a herd of beach animals whose specimens hold each other as defense against storms," he says. "As individuals they would simply blow over, but as a group, the chance of surviving a storm would be greater." 

the beast is propelled by the wind with a series of large sails, you can see more of his beasts on the artist’s website and YouTube, what an amazing sight it must be to see one in the flesh as it were.


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