Theo Jansen

I've decided to look at Theo Jansen's work as a precendednt for Project 2.

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Out of the four given artists and architects I found that Theo's work was more exciting for me to look at than the others.

Things I like about his work-

1. Materials are very basic, using tubing, rope, ties and plastic. This is neat because it shows how very basic simple everyday materials can be taken from their usual use and combined to create new life. Note that there are no electronic parts, which means that the life is created without the use of artificial life. I can bring this into my own work by looking at combining simple materials rather than making complex ones.

 

2. Forms are crazy and wild. We would not think of shapes like this as new beings or creatures. They are quite rigid and non fluid when static but when the machine begins to move it can be quite fluid and soothing to watch. This can be incorporated by having smoother flowing parts on my character.

 

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