These really are some of the most amazing things I've ever laid eyes on. Imagine the creativity, the trial and error, the brilliant planning and design... the mind behind these creations is nothing short of pure genius.
It’s astounding how much my brain tries to tell me these creations are living creatures, despite my rational self knowing that’s not the case. Amazing.
Michael Robles Its because it's not alive (or fed with anything) and its beign forced to walk by living forces. It acually feels bizarre because it reminds a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely.
To this day, this is still one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched. It captivates me in a way that I can’t quite describe. The choice of musical accompaniment, I think, is perfect.
@@wyo1234 …….OMG!, Jeff your not wearing any cloths, your buttass naked. Get off that couch and go put something on, we don’t want the furniture smelling like ten day old ass.
Creepy!🤷🏼♀️ My fiance makes robots and let me just say... I'm ready.. oh yeah, 🔫 I am ready..I sleep with 1 eye open, sleep with my dogs and cats as alarms...I am ready... I too kind of felt them cute as they would dance, or pick up stuff, mimic us, but 1 day he ripped his own cords out, even my fiance couldn't understand it.. He reached behind himself and ripped out his own cords 👀 since then, I DON'T TRUST THEM.. LISTEN TO THOSE GENIUSES WHOSE WARNED HUMANITY ABOUT THIS CRAP!!
These are very calming creatures with a Da Vinci-esque style of combining art and technology. It is great to see how this artist make use of natural forces that directly power machines that go beyond imagination.
As an evolutionary biologist, I find these stunningly beautiful and awe inspiring. What a clever and inspired man, somewhat ashamed I’ve never seen them before, not generally appreciative of post modern art but this is just wow. Thank you.
I studied biochem at uni and was especially interested in the evolutionary side of things, so maybe I see these creations in a similar way to you They do look very organic, don't they? And it makes you wonder like... are we/our cells just machines in the same way, mechanically responding to stimuli as a direct result of it being applied, like the movements of these strandbeests under the influence of the wind? I get a similar vibe from watching these strandbeests as when I see videos of bdelloid rotifers eating other microorganisms, with all their lil cillia waving about... But thats a very mechanistic way of looking at it. Whats the ghost in the machine?
@@mainr7142 I sail too and see life as a biological machine, so these hit all my buttons. They remind me of being on a beach as a kid and laying on the sand with a magnification lens watching all the invertebrates, or looking down the microscope at a sample of pond life.
I feel like there needs to be a distinction between the garbage that gets shit out for millions of dollars and stuff like this that’s just real neat and take a lot of skill
@@FlyingAceAV8B Providing what they are choosing to do isn’t having a negative effect on you, why does it matter? If it is personally causing you harms then there is a valid debate about relative rights or harms. There are a very small number of genuine intersex people born. These wonderful creations have nothing to do with gender identity.
The artistic engineer behind this, ie Theo jansen, is still working on strandbeest, he has been on this for more than 10 years. If you are reading this, you have created something so magical, one can only dream about such things with a lil realistic touch. But you have given 100% realistic touch to something that seems so otherworldly. So beautiful.
@@realrunningdog_5812 logic dictates that in order for one of those machines to be rideable, they would have to be built out of metal, and have bigger wind capturing methods. I don't think it'd be a problem for them to drag a small trailer though.
The music combined with the actual things themselves makes this video strangely beautiful, it makes it seem as if we just invented a new form of life. DISCLAIMER: When I say "we" I mean humanity, I am not trying to claim that I was associated in the creation of these things. That should be obvious but evidently not.
In all seriousness though this is astonishing, it's so brilliantly creative that I'm not even sure how to properly describe how I feel. This man is a genius, and I really hope he does manage to make actual herds of these fantastic creatures.
I was thinking that too. Not that they are scary but that the whole video seems kind of lonely. A cross between a Miyazaki film like Castles in the Sky and Vincent Price in Edward Scissorshands. Only one man, his long gray hair flying in the wind as he works on his creations. I am sure the choice of music had a lot to do with that ambiance.
Yes, definitely strandbeests patrolling and guarding a lonely beach. THAT would be pretty freaking epic when you make it to the least shore, and find that the beach is guarded by a guy and his army of strandbeests.
+alamada: That would also be the point, too. It's sad, because their creator is no longer alive, and the beach is empty. Bizarre, because of how they look. And horrifying.... because of how weird their movements are and just how alien they seem. I imagine the group of travelers who find the Strandbeests walking towards them would be thinking "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS THING?!?"
It feels like I'm watching the opening of an old movie about futuristic technology. A great epic about a man with a dream, living a beautiful life in another planet. Thank you, sir. I'm glad that i was able to watch it.
I have a couple of the small Strandbeest models at home, and my cat never knows what to make of them, especially when there is enough of a breeze to get them moving across the floor. But seeing them on the beach, I cannot help but feel that they give off an organic impression as they move. Definitely some of my favourite artistic creations!
@@ivanmosca301 Yes. Because they are a lot smaller and lighter, they do not need as much wind to move with. When first looking at the kit to assemble them, I was expecting them to be static models because the joints are so much smaller and look quite delicate, but they actually work very well.
These really feel like something out of a studio ghibli movie... Like they're alive and just waiting to befriend some innocent, wide eyed main character in their journey of self discovery.
This is a phenomenal display of art using mechanism engineering. Theo's latest book "Strandbeesten: the New Generation" is a good read about this engineering-based art.
Only just found this. The name that immediately came to mind when I saw this was Da Vinci. This guy is obviously also an engineering mastermind, goes without saying, and an extremely talented artist. All you need is a sail and some wind to fill it, and you can go anywhere!. These kinds of videos are a breath of fresh air when you find them, they beat all the rubbish about wars and all the other crap going on in the world at the moment. The world needs more art, less war!.
@@NobleVagabond2552 lol as a mechanical engineering student these have been my hobbies since I was a child You are also missing firearms and mechanical watches
I like that they show you both the successes and difficulties they faced when developing their ideas as it really puts into perspective how hard they worked on these, its quite inspiring to see.
they could, be the resources and the time needed to do it means it almost certainly will never happen. Sadly, if it ever happens its probably going to be because it has military applications. Unless society changes so dramatically that its unrecognizable, we will never build things that inspire that sense of awe. Its not where our macro values lay
These absolutely fascinate me. I am reminded of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles for some strange reason. Having built my own kites as a child, I can only imagine the work that it takes to build one. Beautiful, slightly disturbing, but like a red wheelbarrow in the rain, so necessary.
That’s true, the have stomach bottles to trap air to use for emergency in case of no wind, and the water detection is phenomenal, it’s a reactive piece and makes them work the opposite direction.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. What’s so fascinating is that the technology isn’t necessarily all that sophisticated and yet it carries the aura of magic. Would all but the bravest savages who saw it from the sea dare to land? I could not blame them if they sailed on to safer shores.
Magic wands were thought up by people because early firearms were often hand held rods that you'd pack full of powder and shot, and then you'd put a wick on a flash hole on the top to shoot. To any commoner it looked like a wizard summoning a cloud of smoke to instantly kill whoever stood in front.
Ah I remember reading about these in a passage on the SAT.. or was it the ACT? Either way, they sounded fascinating and I meant to look them up later only to forget what they were called. I’m glad this video found me so I can finally see them in action!
the name "Strandbeest" basically means "Beach beast" or "Beach animal". I think if you google that if you'd ever forget the name, then you'll get the right results :)
I hated that shit on the SAT. "Here's something really interesting that you weren't taught about. Find the grammatical errors." Me 'completely engrossed in topic' Prompter "and time" Me "wait, ah fuck"
this is the most amazing art installation i have ever seen .all kids should be introduced to this , it will open there minds . thanks for the show and the music . all incredable ,wish i could see them live
I've watched these over and over and over and they freak me out completely because they are so alive and foreign, unlike anything I have ever seen I'm completely mesmerized by these moving sculptures. Magnificent. I'd like to be inside Theo Jansen's mind.
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing lol, I have often heard from friends that the degree they took turned out to be a choice at the time that seemed to be the right one, but turned out to be contrary to later events that led them in more enjoyable directions.
This feels like watching an entire life cycle of these complete with laying eggs, mating and even dying. With this music it really feels like having witnessed them across generations.
Pure genius, beautiful and life like. Made of PVC pipe, yet he made these things walk in a fashion that does not look robotic. Hard to believe this would get one thumbs down.
For some strange reason that I can’t fully explain yet, these always remind me of few different paintings from Beksiński. He’s painted these gargantuan lifeforms that seem to stand in these windy conditions and appear to be by bodies of water, and although they don’t exactly look this way, their mystique i guess has the same appeal.
Thank you so much!! I've been trying for ages to put a name to some of Beksinski's work! Now I know who painted the little scuttling guy my friend showed me years ago and has haunted me a little bit ever since. I've also seen some of his art that involves lots of limbs. Didn't know they were by the same artist! Again, thank you!!
These move so much like real animals that I feel inclined to believe that somewhere, on some distant planet, there lives animals structured almost identically to these. Just walking the planet with their wind powered limbs.. gaining all the energy they need to move through the wind itself.
Who needs another planet when we have the deep ocean, and microorganisms. They could be populating your room at this very moment, and you'd never know.
Somebody actually made an alien concept on these wind thingy. I forgot what the series was called but it was a speculative world where an AI takes control of the human race to conquer other alien species.
There is something so ingenuous, innocent, naive, vulnerable and hopeful about the Strandbeest. It truly reminds me of another world, full of genuine, first time discovery and spirited curiosity. I love it.
That big one with cloth around the frame looked genuinely unnerving silently advancing along on its own power, in an awe inspiring sort of way. A good creepy, one could say.
Actually, The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli (also used in English), based on the Libyan Arabic name for hot desert wind (قبلي, 'ghiblī'), the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry". From Wikipedia
The simple execution of something like locomotion looks so very graceful! A symphony of natural rhythm that will always show how precious creative minds really are! Ty!
Metal Gear could actually happen, Darpa, Armstech and other companies mentioned in the Metal Gear series are real life companies! but Yeah Metal Gear, Ghost In The Shell, Terminator, Robocop & even Blade Runner, might become a reality one day!
New painting series idea? Maybe a short story to go along with it? Boy wakes up on mysterious earth like planet with these walking around? Doesn't know where they came from, how long he was asleep, who built them, or how they work? They just kind of wander around with the wind, ignoring him? Finds old dying man living in lighthouse (with an elaborate unseen inside of course)? Man explains everything? Man built creatures after he was stranded on the planet and got lonely? They now inhabit the planet? Oh my gosh let me write this all down this is getting good. "the Lighthouse man"
+Smooooth I hope I didn't get your hopes up too much, because I really don't have much. I came up with this fantasy world idea revolving around mystical creatures I call Fignir. Its just a drawing right now of this area on top of a mountain, but I might include a picture of a village with strandbeest in it. I have a plot figured out and if I am not too lazy I might put it into action as a small webcomic or something
Quelle poésie,vos créatures me ravissent ! À votre exposition à Bordeaux, grosse déception, elles étaient toutes arrimées , immobiles... Heureusement les images sont là, le vent les animent et rend hommage à votre travail... Merci à lui Merci à vous 🙏💐🖐️ Monsieur Jansen
This man should be in charge of the energy department. I have no words to express my joy while watching him and his incredible creations WALKING down the beach the modern day Leonardo DaVinci ! Peace christo
With coal coming in a loong last if you account for the pollution it gives off. More fallout than well managed nuclear, more chemical toxins and greenhouse gases than gas or oil generators.
That's what I'd want as well. I just saw a docu-segment about this guy and his marvels...Completely mesmerized by the brain on this guy. It's people like him that should be sought out to head engineering powerhouses so that we can keep making advances. Not corporate sellout out to make more money and who only got to the top because they knew someone or slept with the right people.
Christo Roppolo As much pf a genius as this guy is, you don't make inventors be bureaucrats. You should find a bureaucrat who can allow an inventor to work freely on their creations.
wukilla11 What is the evidence for your statements about companies suppressing technology? It's an ancient sci fi theme, and about as likely as Flash Gordon's adventures. Firms do ignore new tech, but they go bust when the new competition undercuts them.
People say all the time “I hope this one day becomes the last shred of evidence humanity once existed”. Imagine an Earth, an empty earth, filled with these things. Future species would think more highly of us than we would deserve, not knowing it all to be the work of just one of us.
Some of his strandbeest can indeed store energy. The sails drive an air pump and the air gets compressed in pet bottles. Then it starts moving, even when there´s no wind, or it walks AGAINST the wind. Nifty isn´t it?
These are so beautiful. The movement is incredibly fluid, and their appearance is a cross between Samurai in battle, in the Kurosawa movie 'Ran', and something bizarre created by Terry Gilliam. They're awesome, and I'd love to see one for real.
Charlie Crome Its bizarre because it's not alive (or fed with anything) and its beign forced to walk by living forces. It acually feels bizarre because it reminds a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely.
Wow it is like he turned evolution into an interactive art display. This guy is very creative. I admire his dedication even when working in bad weather. 😊👍
Absolutely brilliant! A most terrifying yet beautiful creation! Taking the power of the wind and converting it into energy to use is amazing, and the way each leg works at a perfect pace, fantastic. As if the creation is as alive as we are. Finally UA-cam is recommending videos I would actually like to see :D
Imagine implementimg them in a movie like Dune or something. They just seems so fitting as a background prop to make some kind of futuristic scene alive. Like implying they are solar and wind powerered drones harvesting fields or something
Randomly seeing many of these on a beach would make you feel like you're on another planet
Yeah it would cool to see life that worked like this
@@Oblivatrixon So true... we have no idea of what majestic creatures could be roaming other worlds!!
Would be pretty cool honestly
Also, glad to see you here :D
Mother Earth has relciamed back her creation. You follow this you will end up where they will be
Not surprised you're here
These really are some of the most amazing things I've ever laid eyes on. Imagine the creativity, the trial and error, the brilliant planning and design... the mind behind these creations is nothing short of pure genius.
Exactly. Correct.
It was generated largely by a computer.
***** Yes, but being a programmer i know something like this isn't immensely difficult.
***** I never said i did. Clearly my point is that the creator is not "nothing short of pure genius"
yeah... |)
Amazing how organic the movement is!
A kite can make me feel like that 👩🏭 Now I want to make a kite.
quisiste decir que parece que tiene vida exacto
it can almost bring a chill down my spine
that is exactly the ART part of it
It is like seeing animals moving but only their bones without a head
It’s astounding how much my brain tries to tell me these creations are living creatures, despite my rational self knowing that’s not the case. Amazing.
You might be mentally handicapped
I feel the same way
Maybe that's because their movements seems to be very natural, not some sort of robotic locomotion.
Same here! I kept having to remind myself just for a nanosecond that “that’s right,..is NOT a real animal “😂
How do they work?
These are unbelievable!
Imaging waking up on the beach after a nice nap, and seeing this coming - you'd think you were still dreaming!
definitely 😵🤣
🙂
🙂
5 seconds later:
*YOU DIED*
@@rapipocudo8690 I don't know what you'd die of - fright maybe?
So, these creations have no electricity, motors, etc?? Just pure engineering moving from wind? That's amazing!
The little wind catches at the top can be seen spinning, charging up a flywheel
@@GigaChad-yu4sh That's cool man but ahh why hasn't i seen MORE OF THIS
The plastic bottles appear to be pressure tanks, so I'd guess they are pneumatic.
They use also applicated inertia...
I'd rather not believe it until I see it with my own eyes. People chronically lie on the internet you know
there's something both horrifying and beautiful about these things
Only beauty men, this is amaizing work..
Felipe Barañao Only horror, it is disgusting work
Michael Robles Its because it's not alive (or fed with anything) and its beign forced to walk by living forces. It acually feels bizarre because it reminds a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely.
blacksmith224 right
It reminds me of one of those Dali's painting...
fantastical nightmarish surreal realm
To this day, this is still one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched. It captivates me in a way that I can’t quite describe. The choice of musical accompaniment, I think, is perfect.
Khachaturian.
The way they move without disturbing the sand is so magical, almost like they weigh nothing at all.
They are very light.
_Feels like nothing at all...nothing at all...NOTHING AT ALL!_
...stupid sexy Flanders.
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all, nothing at all.
@@wyo1234 …….OMG!, Jeff your not wearing any cloths, your buttass naked. Get off that couch and go put something on, we don’t want the furniture smelling like ten day old ass.
@@wyo1234 Expanded the replies looking for this comment, was not disappointed. xD
The way they move so organically makes them seem strangely charming and unassuming; almost innocent, in a way. It makes me want to pet them.
I'd definitely pet it. And give it a cookie
Makes sense as their energy is organic. Wind is natural. And the idea to harness wind energy to create a lifelike object is incredible.
Creepy!🤷🏼♀️
My fiance makes robots and let me just say... I'm ready.. oh yeah, 🔫 I am ready..I sleep with 1 eye open, sleep with my dogs and cats as alarms...I am ready...
I too kind of felt them cute as they would dance, or pick up stuff, mimic us, but 1 day he ripped his own cords out, even my fiance couldn't understand it..
He reached behind himself and ripped out his own cords 👀 since then, I DON'T TRUST THEM.. LISTEN TO THOSE GENIUSES WHOSE WARNED HUMANITY ABOUT THIS CRAP!!
@@savedbyJESUS777 Then again humans are plenty chaotic and unpredictable.
@@savedbyJESUS777 Okaaaay? But these aren't robots. They're several pieces of wood put together and designed to move when the wind blows them.
These are very calming creatures with a Da Vinci-esque style of combining art and technology. It is great to see how this artist make use of natural forces that directly power machines that go beyond imagination.
Beyond imagination?
One day there may be ones that’ll go beyond the beach to a desert or a city or a town, who knows?
HUMMA KAVULA!!! 🤣
"Creatures" lol
da winky
As an evolutionary biologist, I find these stunningly beautiful and awe inspiring. What a clever and inspired man, somewhat ashamed I’ve never seen them before, not generally appreciative of post modern art but this is just wow. Thank you.
I studied biochem at uni and was especially interested in the evolutionary side of things, so maybe I see these creations in a similar way to you
They do look very organic, don't they?
And it makes you wonder like... are we/our cells just machines in the same way, mechanically responding to stimuli as a direct result of it being applied, like the movements of these strandbeests under the influence of the wind?
I get a similar vibe from watching these strandbeests as when I see videos of bdelloid rotifers eating other microorganisms, with all their lil cillia waving about...
But thats a very mechanistic way of looking at it.
Whats the ghost in the machine?
@@mainr7142 I sail too and see life as a biological machine, so these hit all my buttons. They remind me of being on a beach as a kid and laying on the sand with a magnification lens watching all the invertebrates, or looking down the microscope at a sample of pond life.
With your vast knowledges, are you able to tell what a “woman” is?
I feel like there needs to be a distinction between the garbage that gets shit out for millions of dollars and stuff like this that’s just real neat and take a lot of skill
@@FlyingAceAV8B Providing what they are choosing to do isn’t having a negative effect on you, why does it matter? If it is personally causing you harms then there is a valid debate about relative rights or harms. There are a very small number of genuine intersex people born.
These wonderful creations have nothing to do with gender identity.
its uncanny how natural their movements look, almost organic
They are organic. They were made by humans.
@@andybaldman is wood organic? Idk
@@assertingdominance1759 wood is organic
@@Alphafreeze is iron organic?
@@assertingdominance1759 whats that have to do with anything?
The artistic engineer behind this, ie Theo jansen, is still working on strandbeest, he has been on this for more than 10 years.
If you are reading this, you have created something so magical, one can only dream about such things with a lil realistic touch. But you have given 100% realistic touch to something that seems so otherworldly. So beautiful.
I cant understand the last part of what you Said..
it’s pointless
@@MikehMike01
If you think about it objectively, life is pointless.
But most of us try to enjoy it while we can.
Thankyou, you motivate me to work harder.
@@trueaussie9230 I want to die
How has it taken me 9 years to see this masterpiece? This feels like the opening montage to a sci-fi epic
X2
I know. It's wild. Imagine a pack of these at burning man
GONK
@@JarJarStudiosPlus Hey, I'm subscribed!
It's still going
Crazy how these majestic creatures evolved over millions of years from the humble walking stick. Nature is amazing
Its like straight from Hayao Miyazaki movies.
Yoo Mr Slav didn't expect you here! Crazy that this didn't have any likes or replies.
Yeah
Now make them rideable!
- I was thinking they were some leftover props from an old Terry Gilliam movie.
@@realrunningdog_5812 logic dictates that in order for one of those machines to be rideable, they would have to be built out of metal, and have bigger wind capturing methods.
I don't think it'd be a problem for them to drag a small trailer though.
The music combined with the actual things themselves makes this video strangely beautiful, it makes it seem as if we just invented a new form of life.
DISCLAIMER: When I say "we" I mean humanity, I am not trying to claim that I was associated in the creation of these things. That should be obvious but evidently not.
beauty of music
In case you wanted the full version, ua-cam.com/video/LZLMKkEGFRo/v-deo.html
Nah. The music is eerie.
We!? Bruh we didn't do shit,
It's the artists who did it.
@@takamjob8385 it's a human thing to say "we made it" when someone else did.
In all seriousness though this is astonishing, it's so brilliantly creative that I'm not even sure how to properly describe how I feel. This man is a genius, and I really hope he does manage to make actual herds of these fantastic creatures.
Some of them can even avoid water and anchor themselves in during a storm. Incredible work
I don't think I've ever been more mesmerized by a mechanical model in my life. This is art and science blended into something new and exciting.
Finally some art that I've LITERALLY never seen anything like. This is incredible.
Evillincoln I've seen things like this before
Ruby Rodriguez strandbeest is old, but this guy invented them in 1990
The idiot said: pretty sure DaVinci is responsible for these, pal
Da Vinci would've been so happy to see this
ikr
Not as happy as Salvador Dali
i just thouhgt of da vinci then see your comment their mind are alike
Da Vinci would've been so happy to be alive
كل خرى عن جد You do know that Da Vinci was married for a time right? Do your freaking research you wacky Iraqi...
God just imagine going onto a post-apocalyptic world, you find the beach to the sea... and all of a sudden, the Strandbeests are walking towards you.
I was thinking that too. Not that they are scary but that the whole video seems kind of lonely. A cross between a Miyazaki film like Castles in the Sky and Vincent Price in Edward Scissorshands. Only one man, his long gray hair flying in the wind as he works on his creations. I am sure the choice of music had a lot to do with that ambiance.
Yes, definitely strandbeests patrolling and guarding a lonely beach. THAT would be pretty freaking epic when you make it to the least shore, and find that the beach is guarded by a guy and his army of strandbeests.
Terestrasz It's fucking sad, bizarre and horrifying
wread42 It feels like a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely and beign forced to walk
+alamada: That would also be the point, too.
It's sad, because their creator is no longer alive, and the beach is empty.
Bizarre, because of how they look.
And horrifying.... because of how weird their movements are and just how alien they seem. I imagine the group of travelers who find the Strandbeests walking towards them would be thinking "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS THING?!?"
It feels like I'm watching the opening of an old movie about futuristic technology. A great epic about a man with a dream, living a beautiful life in another planet. Thank you, sir. I'm glad that i was able to watch it.
I have a couple of the small Strandbeest models at home, and my cat never knows what to make of them, especially when there is enough of a breeze to get them moving across the floor.
But seeing them on the beach, I cannot help but feel that they give off an organic impression as they move.
Definitely some of my favourite artistic creations!
Do they work as the bigger ones?
@@ivanmosca301 Yes. Because they are a lot smaller and lighter, they do not need as much wind to move with.
When first looking at the kit to assemble them, I was expecting them to be static models because the joints are so much smaller and look quite delicate, but they actually work very well.
@@Stolpskott100 are they alive creatures...... I see them ist time
@@لبیک-ب9خ what?
@@Jam_66 i think he had a stroke and died
These really feel like something out of a studio ghibli movie... Like they're alive and just waiting to befriend some innocent, wide eyed main character in their journey of self discovery.
You mean Totoro?
They've got that fishbone structure
The reinforced one is just terrifying
Dead or alive ed 209 style
Indeed; it looks a bit like an army vehicle from a science fiction movie.
It's beautiful
It would be an amazing sci-fi tank
It looks like an AT-HH from Star Wars
These are absolutely fantastic. This is the kind of stuff I love to see. I wish more people could see these.
I don't really consider myself an art appreciator but stuff like this really is on another level of interesting
Yup. So much better than a pig heart being eaten by flies. Which is considered art these days .
@@MikeySkywalker wtf
@@MikeySkywalker are you talking about lord of the flies or
@@user-nk8zx1yw8s an artist did that. His name is Damien Something. I don’t even know his last name.
@@MikeySkywalker Hurst
This video filled me with a strange otherworldness
These have no electrical components to function. All PVC Pipe but the sails.
And some bottles and other things too.
Why? This is literally in Holland. I’m tired of seeing people treating my home land as some kind of exception, “not included”
@@louisquartersson4555 you mean americans
@@autoworld9681 America is the center of the world…?
@@louisquartersson4555 No, but americans are the ones with zero respect for european peoples and cultures.
This is a phenomenal display of art using mechanism engineering. Theo's latest book "Strandbeesten: the New Generation" is a good read about this engineering-based art.
Only just found this. The name that immediately came to mind when I saw this was Da Vinci. This guy is obviously also an engineering mastermind, goes without saying, and an extremely talented artist. All you need is a sail and some wind to fill it, and you can go anywhere!. These kinds of videos are a breath of fresh air when you find them, they beat all the rubbish about wars and all the other crap going on in the world at the moment. The world needs more art, less war!.
I've never felt this way about any youtube video, but these creatures are absolutely beautiful. Such works of art will never be forgotten.
I had no idea these kinds of things even existed. Marvelous, beautiful and captivating. What humans produce can be astounding!
If these impressed you wait til u see cars, planes, rockets…
@@NobleVagabond2552 lmao
@@NobleVagabond2552 PHONES
@@NobleVagabond2552 lol as a mechanical engineering student these have been my hobbies since I was a child
You are also missing firearms and mechanical watches
@@NobleVagabond2552 AIDS!!!
It almost feels like every one of these things is alive. They all have their own personality from their creators
*creator
@@soheil5710 cry about it more.
they kind of are alive?
@@Jukinj94 😢😢😢
Lol u probably think snow men are alive too
Seeing people from all over the world uniting to appreciate these masterpieces is really heartwarming. It truly does bring a tear to my eye.
I like that they show you both the successes and difficulties they faced when developing their ideas as it really puts into perspective how hard they worked on these, its quite inspiring to see.
and yet people blame god for not making mankind perfect
@@Janzer_ Please don't do that.. leave religion out of art.
@@Janzer_ god is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, all other omnis you can imagine.
Shouldn't be too hard
I thought this was fake at first, and was like, "Wow, that is some really good CGI." I can't believe I haven't seen or heard of Strandbeests before.
Steeyo
It must be a work of an enemy stand
You thought THIS was CGI? It's way too real to be CGI. I could tell it was real from the outset.
lmao you realise "strandbeest" means beachbeast
@@pyootchnich I beg of you go to website and make one of the miniature ones, this leg technology is surprisingly simply and really cool
@Hello O that's how it usually works, yeah
DaVinci would be so proud of Mr. Jansen.
um, you do know he was an artist right?
tylermech66 he was also a inventor. look it up
I thought everyone knew what kind of man Da Vinci was. Stay in school, kids.
Centaur Lord Y-yyyesss, and he was also an artist...
his primary occupation was artistry, he only did mechanical theorizing on the side, some philosophy, and a whole lot of edumacation :D
I think he's from another planet , lol I can't fathom how much math and thought went into this beautiful creature
I saw some of these at my local museum and I was amazed by such incredible mix of both engineering and art. Wish I could've been able to see them move
These are amazing
Reminds me so much of Howl’s Moving Castle
Someone could make that thing into a reality at this point
Thank god I wasn't the only one to think that
eyyo, i thinking the same thing
That large of an object could not be supported very well
they could, be the resources and the time needed to do it means it almost certainly will never happen. Sadly, if it ever happens its probably going to be because it has military applications. Unless society changes so dramatically that its unrecognizable, we will never build things that inspire that sense of awe. Its not where our macro values lay
These remind me more so of Junji Ito's Gyo. No one should turn any of Gyo into reality.
Though this seems harmless enough.
These absolutely fascinate me. I am reminded of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles for some strange reason. Having built my own kites as a child, I can only imagine the work that it takes to build one. Beautiful, slightly disturbing, but like a red wheelbarrow in the rain, so necessary.
Red wheelbarrow in the rain. Fantastic.
@@normablake2748 what does it mean? I don't understand
@@LuisC7 the red wheelbarrow in the rain is a quote from a poem
@@alexisrangel2457 what does it say
Leonardo would be proud of these mechanical artists
Theo, this puts us lazy people to shame. A man making art like this shamse the world of haters and war. Love and blessings to you.
it's amazing what you can do with a bit of bamboo, string & cardboard
And bottles and stuff. You seen the system for sensing and avoiding deeper water? Genius
@@zam50 No, where can u learn about that?
They're like living things almost that feed on wind.
I hear some can even mechanically detect water and back away from it.
That’s true, the have stomach bottles to trap air to use for emergency in case of no wind, and the water detection is phenomenal, it’s a reactive piece and makes them work the opposite direction.
@@shadydaemon4178 Lmao wind power doesn't work if the air is still...
@@parkinfurkmaz2877 hence the bottles....
Well done
@@parkinfurkmaz2877 But they conserve it in the bottles... so.. yeah.. they are fine...
@@parkinfurkmaz2877 You wouldn't work without water or calories.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.
What’s so fascinating is that the technology isn’t necessarily all that sophisticated and yet it carries the aura of magic. Would all but the bravest savages who saw it from the sea dare to land? I could not blame them if they sailed on to safer shores.
@Purple Emerald knowing us as a species, our ancestors wud prolly grab their spears and hunt em to extinctio to obtain construction materials lol
@Purple Emerald the chinese prolly already made them eons ago
Imagine if these structure had an animal skin on them and that too of an aggressive kind
@@maxx666mayhem feathers.
Magic wands were thought up by people because early firearms were often hand held rods that you'd pack full of powder and shot, and then you'd put a wick on a flash hole on the top to shoot. To any commoner it looked like a wizard summoning a cloud of smoke to instantly kill whoever stood in front.
This video felt so much longer than 4 and a half minutes. Truely mesmerizing.
Ah I remember reading about these in a passage on the SAT.. or was it the ACT? Either way, they sounded fascinating and I meant to look them up later only to forget what they were called. I’m glad this video found me so I can finally see them in action!
the name "Strandbeest" basically means "Beach beast" or "Beach animal". I think if you google that if you'd ever forget the name, then you'll get the right results :)
SAT reading sections are goldmines way more than they have a right to be.
@@budgetcommander4849 this so much
I hated that shit on the SAT.
"Here's something really interesting that you weren't taught about. Find the grammatical errors."
Me 'completely engrossed in topic'
Prompter "and time"
Me "wait, ah fuck"
@@Kspice9000 You forgot
My Mom: “Can you take them again next semester???”
this is the most amazing art installation i have ever seen .all kids should be introduced to this , it will open there minds . thanks for the show and the music . all incredable ,wish i could see them live
These have deeply inspired me for years. They're so impressive, machines that are just almost life, and made in a medium wholly different to our own
Indeed. They have a very otherworldly vibe to them.
Proof of a mind putting things into motion
@@JollyFlys nice way of seeing it
Everytime I see one of these I think maybe all the steam punk I dismiss as nonsense isn't so no sensical afterall 🤔
This has nothing to do with life, it is just an organic looking pattern powered by wind energy.
Just read about these in an SAT Test and was absolutely intrigued. And their just as interesting seeing them!
I've watched these over and over and over and they freak me out completely because they are so alive and foreign, unlike anything I have ever seen I'm completely mesmerized by these moving sculptures. Magnificent. I'd like to be inside Theo Jansen's mind.
With so many legs, they remind me of millipedes
People said the same thing about planes in the 1900’s.
Horizon: Zero Dawn, the early years.
Greg Steele glad I wasn't the only one.
Greg Steele Funny thing is.. these robots and that game were both made by Dutchmans
The Calvin Darius hi
Greg Steele before they became machines
The Alpha testing
What an outstandingly patient and clever man. An artist with creative vision and dedication.
Mom: Your father and I didn't pay for an engineering degree just so you could play with toys.
This Guy:
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing lol, I have often heard from friends that the degree they took turned out to be a choice at the time that seemed to be the right one, but turned out to be contrary to later events that led them in more enjoyable directions.
And a lot of technical knowhow/skills!
This feels like watching an entire life cycle of these complete with laying eggs, mating and even dying. With this music it really feels like having witnessed them across generations.
It's glorious, the strandbeest is a magnificent piece of art.
This video came out 8 years ago, it's now 2022 and I'm mesmerized. What brilliant and beautiful creations.
wow, 9y now
Pure genius, beautiful and life like. Made of PVC pipe, yet he made these things walk in a fashion that does not look robotic. Hard to believe this would get one thumbs down.
Love them all but the big cardboard box looking one is stunningly beautiful! Huge morphing geometric shapes. Amazing mind and work!
For some strange reason that I can’t fully explain yet, these always remind me of few different paintings from Beksiński. He’s painted these gargantuan lifeforms that seem to stand in these windy conditions and appear to be by bodies of water, and although they don’t exactly look this way, their mystique i guess has the same appeal.
Thank you so much!! I've been trying for ages to put a name to some of Beksinski's work! Now I know who painted the little scuttling guy my friend showed me years ago and has haunted me a little bit ever since. I've also seen some of his art that involves lots of limbs. Didn't know they were by the same artist! Again, thank you!!
I think it's the number of joints/limbs
Oh gosh you're right lol
@@NinjaWieldingLimes you’re welcome! One of my all time favorite painters. I’ve studied his stuff for quite some time.
Such a tortured but brilliant soul
Hopefully these machines will never turn evil and kill their creator.
If they do kill their creator, it will be without any trace of malice, but an act of _pure innocence._ Or... PVCnocence.
If they do turn bad, just stand upwind of them.
Evil from evilution or arm yourself with an industrial fan
Just take out some bolts in the legs and watch it crumble before you... Or on top of you
Not Ur Business lol, fine, hit it with a truck, happy now?
The guy who creates these is a genius, year after year I still marvel at it
Wind power!
The yearly migration of these creatures is truly a sight to behold
These move so much like real animals that I feel inclined to believe that somewhere, on some distant planet, there lives animals structured almost identically to these. Just walking the planet with their wind powered limbs.. gaining all the energy they need to move through the wind itself.
Зачем на другой планете?
На земле есть тараканы.
Так же бегают.
Who needs another planet when we have the deep ocean, and microorganisms. They could be populating your room at this very moment, and you'd never know.
Somebody actually made an alien concept on these wind thingy. I forgot what the series was called but it was a speculative world where an AI takes control of the human race to conquer other alien species.
What do you think inspired the original design?
@@ravenwithcall8527 Humanity Lost?
There is something so ingenuous, innocent, naive, vulnerable and hopeful about the Strandbeest. It truly reminds me of another world, full of genuine, first time discovery and spirited curiosity. I love it.
you trying way too hard to sound intelligent.
Did you say TRULY REMINDS YOU???...
Who are you? What's that world ? And How does one get there and return safely to this one...?
it’s completely pointless
@@MikehMike01 what's pointless? The happiness from from the naive childish curiosity or your existence?
@@MikehMike01 So is your comment.....
Wow, just wow! No words can describe how incredible these creations are!
That big one with cloth around the frame looked genuinely unnerving silently advancing along on its own power, in an awe inspiring sort of way. A good creepy, one could say.
Amazing work! I didn't think something so complicated with so many moving parts was possible.
The effects, the smooth lifelike movements, and the music combined all remind me of something that might be from a Studio Ghibli movie!
That’s what I think too!!! It reminds me of Castle in the sky
Actually, The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli (also used in English), based on the Libyan Arabic name for hot desert wind (قبلي, 'ghiblī'), the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry". From Wikipedia
@@Nahoko_Satomi I wasn't expecting to learn something when scrolling through the comments, thanks for sharing!
I hate anime
They kinda remind me of the dream planes from "The Wind Rises"
This looks like good SCP fuel to me.
UberDude definately
I know right? Someone should right an SCP about these magnificent strandbeests.
Maybe I could...? Was thinking of writing one. Any ideas xD ?
CzarnyMlot Make it the mad inventor, a man trapped alone on an island forced to do this work.
Heck yeah
The simple execution of something like locomotion looks so very graceful!
A symphony of natural rhythm that will always show how precious creative minds really are! Ty!
It blows my mind how these meld engineering and art. They look so organic. Modern day genius.
A Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear
imagine actual fucking straandbeest tanks
Strandbeests, son.
XD
Guranga93 I WAS THINKING THAT THE ENTIRE TIME!!!
Metal Gear could actually happen, Darpa, Armstech and other companies mentioned in the Metal Gear series are real life companies! but Yeah Metal Gear, Ghost In The Shell, Terminator, Robocop & even Blade Runner, might become a reality one day!
Imagine a world where you are the only human and these are everywhere
+NotKanye West thats like...woahhh
New painting series idea? Maybe a short story to go along with it? Boy wakes up on mysterious earth like planet with these walking around? Doesn't know where they came from, how long he was asleep, who built them, or how they work? They just kind of wander around with the wind, ignoring him? Finds old dying man living in lighthouse (with an elaborate unseen inside of course)? Man explains everything? Man built creatures after he was stranded on the planet and got lonely? They now inhabit the planet? Oh my gosh let me write this all down this is getting good. "the Lighthouse man"
+NotKanye West I am in the middle of incorporating these into a world where they replace work animals
Ryan Gunnison I want to know more about what you're doing
+Smooooth I hope I didn't get your hopes up too much, because I really don't have much. I came up with this fantasy world idea revolving around mystical creatures I call Fignir. Its just a drawing right now of this area on top of a mountain, but I might include a picture of a village with strandbeest in it. I have a plot figured out and if I am not too lazy I might put it into action as a small webcomic or something
Quelle poésie,vos créatures me ravissent !
À votre exposition à Bordeaux, grosse déception, elles étaient toutes arrimées , immobiles...
Heureusement les images sont là, le vent les animent et rend hommage à votre travail... Merci à lui
Merci à vous 🙏💐🖐️ Monsieur Jansen
Невероятное, футуристическое впечатление. Словно существа из другого мира. Впечатляет!) Спасибо)
Была создана игра, по мотивам этого видео, Last Oasis называется
🙂
@@gRoq_.....
Это очень милые творения! Столько труда, нереально
@@newfic2290 Работа Бога!
This man should be in charge of the energy department. I have no words to express my joy while watching him and his incredible creations WALKING down the beach the modern day Leonardo DaVinci ! Peace christo
With coal coming in a loong last if you account for the pollution it gives off. More fallout than well managed nuclear, more chemical toxins and greenhouse gases than gas or oil generators.
That's what I'd want as well. I just saw a docu-segment about this guy and his marvels...Completely mesmerized by the brain on this guy. It's people like him that should be sought out to head engineering powerhouses so that we can keep making advances. Not corporate sellout out to make more money and who only got to the top because they knew someone or slept with the right people.
Christo Roppolo As much pf a genius as this guy is, you don't make inventors be bureaucrats. You should find a bureaucrat who can allow an inventor to work freely on their creations.
wukilla11 If the tech exists, companies would find a way to capitalize off of it. Don't underestimate their intelligence.
wukilla11 What is the evidence for your statements about companies suppressing technology? It's an ancient sci fi theme, and about as likely as Flash Gordon's adventures. Firms do ignore new tech, but they go bust when the new competition undercuts them.
>In the future he wants to put out in herds.
I beg your pardon?
Nathan Dehnel; He is a artist....
+Nathan Dehnel Strandbeasts produce a lot of milk.We like milk in Holland.
People say all the time “I hope this one day becomes the last shred of evidence humanity once existed”.
Imagine an Earth, an empty earth, filled with these things. Future species would think more highly of us than we would deserve, not knowing it all to be the work of just one of us.
I'm getting mad Ghibli vibes off of this...
Mᴀᴄʜɪɴᴀ same
Mᴀᴄʜɪɴᴀ Same it's Amazing
I was just thinking that omg
i just wrote a comment about it too
first reaction.
These are such amazing living sculptures! Ingenious and marvellous works of art! Thank you.
Absolutely crazy and beautiful. Inspiring on so many levels. Thank you Theo.
So wait, do the "sails" on the back wind up a spring? They're either sitting still and waving those around, or moving forward, never both.
Some of his strandbeest can indeed store energy. The sails drive an air pump
and the air gets compressed in pet bottles. Then it starts moving, even when there´s no wind, or it walks AGAINST the wind. Nifty isn´t it?
Release them!
Trainer Kev you can geht Models in The Internet
These are some of the most innovative, interesting “creatures” created these days. Love it/ them!
@@Har0Id it and them are _not_ gender specific they are reference to singular/plural.
I agree.
Reminds me of house centipedes
@@VB-zx1yk yeah, so it does! Maybe a cross between a house and an elephant.
The coolest, most amazing thing I've ever watched on UA-cam. I felt like I was in a dream the entire time watching these strange beast come to life.
I would so very much love to give theo an entire alien world to run wild upon -- just to see if he could create life again .
Bravo !
Mars
@@lawrieyoutube4375 ' but I already sold [ MARS ] to Elon Musk ...
oh well .
These are so beautiful. The movement is incredibly fluid, and their appearance is a cross between Samurai in battle, in the Kurosawa movie 'Ran', and something bizarre created by Terry Gilliam.
They're awesome, and I'd love to see one for real.
wtf did i just watch
Charlie Crome Its bizarre because it's not alive (or fed with anything) and its beign forced to walk by living forces. It acually feels bizarre because it reminds a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely.
Alamda A. Balqhin Are you fucking stupid?
Alamda A. Balqhin They're wind powered, so basically they "eat" air and some of them can even store energy in those plastic bottles.
O.O ??
The future.
This kind of video . Makes me appreciate youtube
Wow it is like he turned evolution into an interactive art display. This guy is very creative. I admire his dedication even when working in bad weather. 😊👍
Absolutely brilliant! A most terrifying yet beautiful creation! Taking the power of the wind and converting it into energy to use is amazing, and the way each leg works at a perfect pace, fantastic. As if the creation is as alive as we are.
Finally UA-cam is recommending videos I would actually like to see :D
Imagine implementimg them in a movie like Dune or something.
They just seems so fitting as a background prop to make some kind of futuristic scene alive. Like implying they are solar and wind powerered drones harvesting fields or something
these *are* wind powered
@@comet.x right! I mean that is amazing!
I will never tire of watching this magical movement! Absolutely amazing!
These things need a David Attenborough narration.
This is my first time seeing this. It’s bizarre, cool and fascinating at the same time, a true craftsmanship of intellect and art. Amazing
Never seen anything like this! Artful, majestic and a little scary!
My favorite beach in The Hague, where I once even met the artist himself!
A token of greatness!
Splendid!
Fantastische kunst!
I don't know what's more beautiful. The music or the images.
Both
Far more elegance in the videos.
NathansHVAC maybe is the combination of both that create something called art
NathansHVAC *videos
NathansHVAC Is your mom a plausible option here too?