An Army of Strandbeests

We've brought you some lovely videos of Theo Jansen's amazing Strandbeest kinetic sculptures over the years, but now they've taken the next step. Jansen spends his winters designing and testing new ways to make huge artworks glide across the earth, and then takes them out for a walk in the summer. Last summer, Jansen took his latest set of creations called Strandbeest Evolution 2021 out to the beach to see what they would do. Impelled by the wind, many versions of the walking sculptures gracefully trod the sand, and one even took to the sky on gossamer wings! That moment reminds us of the day the Wright Brothers first flew, although the Strandbeest was unpiloted and had to be tied down to prevent escape. -via Nag on the Lake