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Plastic "creatures" crawl along Dutch beaches

Added	Sat, 28/05/2022
Источники	gismeteo.ru strandbeest.com
Дата публикации	Sat, 28/05/2022
Версии	The art of the action

Every spring, very strange "creatures" appear on Dutch beaches — they walk, crawl and even fly, although they are made mainly of plastic.

These "animals", named Strandbeests, are part of the ever-growing "menagerie" of artist Theo Jansen, who has been designing large-scale kinetic creatures moving with the help of wind since 1990.

To create a "skeleton" that weighs about 180 kilograms, Jansen uses 2,000 to 3,000 meters of PVC pipes — careful adjustment of each creature takes all summer.