Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sand Beasts
Theo Jansen's sand beasts are incredible creatures. When I first saw this video I couldn't help but think that these creations are really alive, and that maybe, we need to expand our definition of life to include things like this. Maybe it doesn't need to eat, but it is fueled by the wind, and maybe it doesn't have a soul, but it does crawl around all on its own. Perhaps it was the way that the beasts moved that made them seem so lifelike and at the same time, so completely futuristic. I would love to understand more about the mechanics of these creations to know how they are actually moving.
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I agree with you that they seemed so futuristic in they way they moved, but at the same time it's kind of like the steampunk aesthetic in a way. Like old wold engineering meets some future post-apocalytic world. I imagine them roaming through the desert in some Dune world or something.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe they DO have a soul, a consciousness...
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