Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Theo Jansen "Animals Modular" Exhibition

"The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds."
- Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen, the Dutch kinetic artist-engineer-architect, had an exhibit at the Gwacheon National Science Museum in Seoul recently. Jansen makes models that resemble animal skeletons and can actually move. Usually they are tested on the beach and are powered by the wind and have even "learned" to not walk into water. While these look like animal skeletons they are not like any animals skeletons and are in fact "bred" by Jansen.



The Gwacheon National Science Museum and a wild mokey.


The Gwacheon National Science Museum (Korea style)


Seoul Grand Park Station Entrance


It's officially fall! Look at the pretty trees!


Such pretty scenery!


Inside the museum...check out the sculpture.


Theo Jansen work!


Danny and Theo - they're best buddies


You can actually touch one of them! Check out Skim making it move.


...and Elisa...


...and me...


...and Uki...


...and Danny...


I mean, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to touch one of these!


Skim and Sluks hanging out with Theo.
Check out Skim's little face...a face only a mother could love.


More models!


Detail - look at how many parts!


The biggest "animal" there, which we saw in action.
(I'm still working on uploading the video)


Amazing!


I cannot get over the number of parts.


"Section"


A little scary when you use a flash though.


Sluks posing with the "animal"


A room of smaller animals


One of the small animals


Look at those little feet!


All of the animals are made of plastic tubing, sheets and bottles

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Sluks and Theo again
(doesn't it look like Sluks is wearing a hat?)


Evolutionary Biology at work in design! (Yeah!)
The taxonomic hierarchy of the animals


The display of detail portions


Even if this section is meant for students, we joined in.
I mean these are practically Zome tools!


Peacock!


Panda!


Me...hard at work.


Brendan made a "dinosaur"...I'm not sure he knows what they look like though


Roar!!!


Skim gave up pretty quickly.



Hmmm.....


AHA!


Attitude glasses - so Korean!


And a room full of blocks!!! An architect's dream come true!



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