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Theo Jansen crea nuevas creaturas

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TED2007

• March 2007

El artista Theo Jansen nos demuestra las asombrosas esculturas cinéticas que parecen cobrar vida construidas con tubos de plástico y botellas de limonada. Sus creaturas están diseñadas para moverse - e incluso sobrevivir - por sí mismas.

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El artista Theo Jansen nos demuestra las asombrosas esculturas cinéticas que parecen cobrar vida construidas con tubos de plástico y botellas de limonada. Sus creaturas están diseñadas para moverse - e incluso sobrevivir - por sí mismas.

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Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who builds walking kinetic sculptures that he calls a new form of life. His "Strandbeests" walk the coastline of Holland, feeding on wind and fleeing from water.

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Find out more about the artist's yellow plastic beasts — which walk on the wind and survive on their own — at strandbeest.com.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Read our curation guidelines.

Visit an exhibit of Theo Jansen's work in your area.