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Theo Jansen
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“The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds, and few go beyond them.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In advert for , as cited in: Herman van den Broeck, David Vente. Beyonders: transcending average leadership. (2011). p. 52.
“Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat. Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put those animals out in herds on the beaches so they will live their own lives.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theo Jansen at streamingmuseum.org, 2014.
“Kinetic art was created by artists who pushed the boundaries of traditional, static art forms to introduce visual experiences that would engage the audience and profoundly change the course of modern art.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theo Jansen, quoted in: "2015 International Kinetic Art Exhibit & Symposium - Boynton Beach, FL, USA," 2015
“In the Pregluton, there were no animals of plastic tubing yet. This initial period was marked by an absence of matter. Life then consisted exclusively of dreaming about life.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I made virtual animals in the computer, life-forms subject to an artificial evolution. I also went walking a lot on the beach and in the streets of Scheveningen for inspiration for my columns. Since 1986 I have been writing pieces for national daily on matters that interest me. Often these are technical things, fantasies or musings.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The anatomy of self-propelling objects is subject to universal laws. Those of cars and animals are similar in many ways. First of all, there's the stomach. Stomachs are like petrol tanks. It takes energy to move around, and that energy must accompany its user. All self-propelling objects carry provisions with them in a sealed-off space, a stomach or a tank. Self-propelling beach animals like Animaris Percipiere have a stomach too. This consists of recycled plastic bottles containing air that can be pumped up to a high pressure by the wind.”
Theo Jansen (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source