Theo Jansen Exhibit At Shizuoka Prefectural Museum

I walked to the Prefectural Art Museum for this Theo Jansen exhibit without knowing what I was going to see. After seeing the exhibit, I checked it out on the internet. About 30 years ago, the Dutch artist, who originally trained as a physicist, began building large mechanisms out of PVC that seem to be able to move on their own, with the help of the wind. He named these creations Strandbeest, and are intended to be a fusion of art and engineering. 

I thought the exhibit covered only a small part of the usual exhibit area.  The creatures were large and there were quite a few people at the museum when I was there, so it was a little hard to take pictures.

Some of the exhibit had a hands on component, like the one below where museum goers could push this Strandbeest to see how it would move in the wind.

I think this board was to show how they move.

Some were quite large.

There were also videos showing the movement of these creatures on the beach.

The exhibit has been moving to different museums around Japan.