Ars Electronica Festival · 2005
Beach Animals / Strandbeesten
by Theo Jansen
🏆 Special Prizes · Prix Ars Electronica 2005
Theo Jansen's “Beach Animals / Strandbeesten” was honoured with one of the Special Prizes at the Prix Ars Electronica 2005, category Interactive Art.
With the invention of the wheel a revolution was started, and echoes of this can be felt along the motorways. Nothing seems to be able to replace the invention of the wheel. Now one thousand years later a transformation has occurred: the Animaris Rhinoceros Transport. It all began with tree trunks.
About Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen (NL), artist, studied science at the University of Delft Holland. The first seven years of being an artist he just made paintings. Then he started a project with a big flying saucer, which could really fly.
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