strandbeest evolution

Numerous specimen of the Strandbeest evolution on music of Khachaturian's Spartacus.
It open the archives of fossils. Theo Jansen's work since 1990. He tries to make new forms of live on beaches. His animals get their energy from the wind so they don't have to eat. In the future he wants to put out in herds.

[@RANDOMstuffanimation]

Randomly seeing many of these on a beach would make you feel like you're on another planet

[@Oblivatrixon]

Yeah it would cool to see life that worked like this

[@pepinopepino7]

@@Oblivatrixon So true... we have no idea of what majestic creatures could be roaming other worlds!!

[@Moroi92]

Would be pretty cool honestly Also, glad to see you here :D

[@ReturnoftheGoddess-motherearth]

Mother Earth has relciamed back her creation. You follow this you will end up where they will be

[@rowbot5555]

Not surprised you're here

[@trevorbaugh1335]

These really are some of the most amazing things I've ever laid eyes on. Imagine the creativity, the trial and error, the brilliant planning and design... the mind behind these creations is nothing short of pure genius.

[@aidancampbell3647]

Exactly. Correct.

[@descai10]

It was generated largely by a computer.

[@descai10]

***** Yes, but being a programmer i know something like this isn't immensely difficult.

[@descai10]

***** I never said i did. Clearly my point is that the creator is not "nothing short of pure genius"

[@Goretantath]

yeah... |)

[@greasylimpet3323]

These are unbelievable! Imaging waking up on the beach after a nice nap, and seeing this coming - you'd think you were still dreaming!

[@hytrader3241]

definitely 😵🤣

[@alexandrneba1584]

🙂

[@greasylimpet3323]

🙂

[@rapipocudo8690]

5 seconds later: *YOU DIED*

[@greasylimpet3323]

@@rapipocudo8690 I don't know what you'd die of - fright maybe?

[@NLBusiness391]

It’s astounding how much my brain tries to tell me these creations are living creatures, despite my rational self knowing that’s not the case. Amazing.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

You might be mentally handicapped

[@Perfect.unsymmetry]

I feel the same way

[@luscien3665]

Maybe that's because their movements seems to be very natural, not some sort of robotic locomotion.

[@KellyBell1]

Same here! I kept having to remind myself just for a nanosecond that “that’s right,..is NOT a real animal “😂

[@KB-26-T49_YT]

How do they work?

[@kostastube2010]

So, these creations have no electricity, motors, etc?? Just pure engineering moving from wind? That's amazing!

[@GigaChad-yu4sh]

The little wind catches at the top can be seen spinning, charging up a flywheel

[@Voiding-ofdark]

@@GigaChad-yu4sh That's cool man but ahh why hasn't i seen MORE OF THIS

[@THX..1138]

The plastic bottles appear to be pressure tanks, so I'd guess they are pneumatic.

[@JimmyPX]

They use also applicated inertia...

[@deskmat9874]

I'd rather not believe it until I see it with my own eyes. People chronically lie on the internet you know

[@angelicasysnila5476]

The artistic engineer behind this, ie Theo jansen, is still working on strandbeest, he has been on this for more than 10 years. If you are reading this, you have created something so magical, one can only dream about such things with a lil realistic touch. But you have given 100% realistic touch to something that seems so otherworldly. So beautiful.

[@MateusHenrique-fr2ys]

I cant understand the last part of what you Said..

[@MikehMike01]

it’s pointless

[@trueaussie9230]

@@MikehMike01 If you think about it objectively, life is pointless. But most of us try to enjoy it while we can.

[@eyobedw1]

Thankyou, you motivate me to work harder.

[@MikehMike01]

@@trueaussie9230 I want to die

[@Elzzaw]

The way they move without disturbing the sand is so magical, almost like they weigh nothing at all.

[@Muscaplays]

They are very light.

[@pureskill123]

_Feels like nothing at all...nothing at all...NOTHING AT ALL!_ ...stupid sexy Flanders.

[@wyo1234]

Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all, nothing at all.

[@robertlangley258]

@@wyo1234 …….OMG!, Jeff your not wearing any cloths, your buttass naked. Get off that couch and go put something on, we don’t want the furniture smelling like ten day old ass.

[@jasonmack760]

@@wyo1234 Expanded the replies looking for this comment, was not disappointed. xD

[@LennoxTC]

To this day, this is still one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched. It captivates me in a way that I can’t quite describe. The choice of musical accompaniment, I think, is perfect.

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

Khachaturian.

[@gonkdroid8279]

How has it taken me 9 years to see this masterpiece? This feels like the opening montage to a sci-fi epic

[@alejandro8649]

X2

[@Miller_Time]

I know. It's wild. Imagine a pack of these at burning man

[@JarJarStudiosPlus]

GONK

[@gonkdroid8279]

@@JarJarStudiosPlus Hey, I'm subscribed!

[@elcalabozodelandroide2]

It's still going

[@hotaruishere2133]

The way they move so organically makes them seem strangely charming and unassuming; almost innocent, in a way. It makes me want to pet them.

[@aehhh1finskiy]

I'd definitely pet it. And give it a cookie

[@Mattie_Ice]

Makes sense as their energy is organic. Wind is natural. And the idea to harness wind energy to create a lifelike object is incredible.

[@savedbyJESUS777]

Creepy!🤷🏼‍♀️ My fiance makes robots and let me just say... I'm ready.. oh yeah, 🔫 I am ready..I sleep with 1 eye open, sleep with my dogs and cats as alarms...I am ready... I too kind of felt them cute as they would dance, or pick up stuff, mimic us, but 1 day he ripped his own cords out, even my fiance couldn't understand it.. He reached behind himself and ripped out his own cords 👀 since then, I DON'T TRUST THEM.. LISTEN TO THOSE GENIUSES WHOSE WARNED HUMANITY ABOUT THIS CRAP!!

[@nunyabidnis3815]

@@savedbyJESUS777 Then again humans are plenty chaotic and unpredictable.

[@TECfan1]

@@savedbyJESUS777 Okaaaay? But these aren't robots. They're several pieces of wood put together and designed to move when the wind blows them.

[@jmartens759]

there's something both horrifying and beautiful about these things

[@felipebaranao3912]

Only beauty men, this is amaizing work..

[@Michael-cl9mb]

Felipe Barañao Only horror, it is disgusting work

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

Michael Robles Its because it's not alive (or fed with anything) and its beign forced to walk by living forces. It acually feels bizarre because it reminds a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely.

[@hda2243]

blacksmith224 right

[@gelmir7322]

It reminds me of one of those Dali's painting... fantastical nightmarish surreal realm

[@yp77738yp77739]

As an evolutionary biologist, I find these stunningly beautiful and awe inspiring. What a clever and inspired man, somewhat ashamed I’ve never seen them before, not generally appreciative of post modern art but this is just wow. Thank you.

[@mainr7142]

I studied biochem at uni and was especially interested in the evolutionary side of things, so maybe I see these creations in a similar way to you They do look very organic, don't they? And it makes you wonder like... are we/our cells just machines in the same way, mechanically responding to stimuli as a direct result of it being applied, like the movements of these strandbeests under the influence of the wind? I get a similar vibe from watching these strandbeests as when I see videos of bdelloid rotifers eating other microorganisms, with all their lil cillia waving about... But thats a very mechanistic way of looking at it. Whats the ghost in the machine?

[@yp77738yp77739]

@@mainr7142 I sail too and see life as a biological machine, so these hit all my buttons. They remind me of being on a beach as a kid and laying on the sand with a magnification lens watching all the invertebrates, or looking down the microscope at a sample of pond life.

[@FlyingAceAV8B]

With your vast knowledges, are you able to tell what a “woman” is?

[@zekiah2]

I feel like there needs to be a distinction between the garbage that gets shit out for millions of dollars and stuff like this that’s just real neat and take a lot of skill

[@yp77738yp77739]

@@FlyingAceAV8B Providing what they are choosing to do isn’t having a negative effect on you, why does it matter? If it is personally causing you harms then there is a valid debate about relative rights or harms. There are a very small number of genuine intersex people born. These wonderful creations have nothing to do with gender identity.

[@robvanscheijndel]

These are very calming creatures with a Da Vinci-esque style of combining art and technology. It is great to see how this artist make use of natural forces that directly power machines that go beyond imagination.

[@mrkingjesse378]

Beyond imagination?

[@shadydaemon4178]

One day there may be ones that’ll go beyond the beach to a desert or a city or a town, who knows?

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

HUMMA KAVULA!!! 🤣

[@dustinnoll486]

"Creatures" lol

[@Flammenhagel]

da winky

[@A-G-F-]

its uncanny how natural their movements look, almost organic

[@andybaldman]

They are organic. They were made by humans.

[@assertingdominance1759]

@@andybaldman is wood organic? Idk

[@_MahesaAkmalAlFahrezy]

@@assertingdominance1759 wood is organic

[@assertingdominance1759]

@@_MahesaAkmalAlFahrezy is iron organic?

[@_MahesaAkmalAlFahrezy]

@@assertingdominance1759 whats that have to do with anything?

[@DJEvillincoln]

Finally some art that I've LITERALLY never seen anything like. This is incredible.

[@rubyrodriguez9684]

Evillincoln I've seen things like this before

[@tjeulink]

Ruby Rodriguez strandbeest is old, but this guy invented them in 1990

[@ShantyTowniekKMm]

The idiot said: pretty sure DaVinci is responsible for these, pal

[@TheRealJabbergeist]

Crazy how these majestic creatures evolved over millions of years from the humble walking stick. Nature is amazing

[@MegaVikingen]

In all seriousness though this is astonishing, it's so brilliantly creative that I'm not even sure how to properly describe how I feel. This man is a genius, and I really hope he does manage to make actual herds of these fantastic creatures.

[@scotty2tone]

Some of them can even avoid water and anchor themselves in during a storm. Incredible work

[@Terestrasz]

God just imagine going onto a post-apocalyptic world, you find the beach to the sea... and all of a sudden, the Strandbeests are walking towards you.

[@wread42]

I was thinking that too. Not that they are scary but that the whole video seems kind of lonely. A cross between a Miyazaki film like Castles in the Sky and Vincent Price in Edward Scissorshands. Only one man, his long gray hair flying in the wind as he works on his creations. I am sure the choice of music had a lot to do with that ambiance.

[@Terestrasz]

Yes, definitely strandbeests patrolling and guarding a lonely beach. THAT would be pretty freaking epic when you make it to the least shore, and find that the beach is guarded by a guy and his army of strandbeests.

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

Terestrasz It's fucking sad, bizarre and horrifying

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

wread42 It feels like a dead animal beign "reanimated" bizarrely and beign forced to walk

[@Terestrasz]

+alamada: That would also be the point, too. It's sad, because their creator is no longer alive, and the beach is empty. Bizarre, because of how they look. And horrifying.... because of how weird their movements are and just how alien they seem. I imagine the group of travelers who find the Strandbeests walking towards them would be thinking "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS THING?!?"

[@Stolpskott100]

I have a couple of the small Strandbeest models at home, and my cat never knows what to make of them, especially when there is enough of a breeze to get them moving across the floor. But seeing them on the beach, I cannot help but feel that they give off an organic impression as they move. Definitely some of my favourite artistic creations!

[@ivanmosca301]

Do they work as the bigger ones?

[@Stolpskott100]

@@ivanmosca301 Yes. Because they are a lot smaller and lighter, they do not need as much wind to move with. When first looking at the kit to assemble them, I was expecting them to be static models because the joints are so much smaller and look quite delicate, but they actually work very well.

[@لبیک-ب9خ]

@@Stolpskott100 are they alive creatures...... I see them ist time

[@Jam_66]

@@لبیک-ب9خ what?

[@scarab9515]

@@Jam_66 i think he had a stroke and died

[@MoultrieGeek]

I don't think I've ever been more mesmerized by a mechanical model in my life. This is art and science blended into something new and exciting.

[@roneybill]

The reinforced one is just terrifying

[@troygardner1610]

Dead or alive ed 209 style

[@geraldillo]

Indeed; it looks a bit like an army vehicle from a science fiction movie.

[@animationspace8550]

It's beautiful

[@david24745]

It would be an amazing sci-fi tank

[@ayh0210]

It looks like an AT-HH from Star Wars

[@ghostboy152]

Da Vinci would've been so happy to see this

[@yeetman4953]

ikr

[@brokenwave6125]

Not as happy as Salvador Dali

[@looongh9794]

i just thouhgt of da vinci then see your comment their mind are alike

[@elperro38]

Da Vinci would've been so happy to be alive

[@nintendogamer3227]

كل خرى عن جد You do know that Da Vinci was married for a time right? Do your freaking research you wacky Iraqi...

[@ruby-fx2eo]

These really feel like something out of a studio ghibli movie... Like they're alive and just waiting to befriend some innocent, wide eyed main character in their journey of self discovery.

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

You mean Totoro?

[@hearthatbird]

They've got that fishbone structure

[@rotinasemroteiro]

It feels like I'm watching the opening of an old movie about futuristic technology. A great epic about a man with a dream, living a beautiful life in another planet. Thank you, sir. I'm glad that i was able to watch it.

[@dasg5805]

I don't really consider myself an art appreciator but stuff like this really is on another level of interesting

[@MikeySkywalker]

Yup. So much better than a pig heart being eaten by flies. Which is considered art these days .

[@user-nk8zx1yw8s]

@@MikeySkywalker wtf

[@dev9621]

@@MikeySkywalker are you talking about lord of the flies or

[@MikeySkywalker]

@@user-nk8zx1yw8s an artist did that. His name is Damien Something. I don’t even know his last name.

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

@@MikeySkywalker Hurst

[@MRSLAV]

Its like straight from Hayao Miyazaki movies.

[@cjaune909]

Yoo Mr Slav didn't expect you here! Crazy that this didn't have any likes or replies.

[@ultranium7414]

Yeah

[@realrunningdog_5812]

Now make them rideable!

[@zora_noamflannery2548]

- I was thinking they were some leftover props from an old Terry Gilliam movie.

[@Mr_BrokenKeyboard]

@@realrunningdog_5812 logic dictates that in order for one of those machines to be rideable, they would have to be built out of metal, and have bigger wind capturing methods. I don't think it'd be a problem for them to drag a small trailer though.

[@thewr0ngchild]

Only just found this. The name that immediately came to mind when I saw this was Da Vinci. This guy is obviously also an engineering mastermind, goes without saying, and an extremely talented artist. All you need is a sail and some wind to fill it, and you can go anywhere!. These kinds of videos are a breath of fresh air when you find them, they beat all the rubbish about wars and all the other crap going on in the world at the moment. The world needs more art, less war!.

[@chaz-e]

This is a phenomenal display of art using mechanism engineering. Theo's latest book "Strandbeesten: the New Generation" is a good read about this engineering-based art.

[@radiantjet418]

Amazing how organic the movement is!

[@craftpaint1644]

A kite can make me feel like that 👩‍🏭 Now I want to make a kite.

[@australopitecusorpresivus]

quisiste decir que parece que tiene vida exacto

[@internetduck1114]

it can almost bring a chill down my spine

[@alevilikvealeviler]

that is exactly the ART part of it

[@isaniruch]

It is like seeing animals moving but only their bones without a head

[@lilsoysauce]

This video filled me with a strange otherworldness

[@shadydaemon4178]

These have no electrical components to function. All PVC Pipe but the sails. And some bottles and other things too.

[@louisquartersson4555]

Why? This is literally in Holland. I’m tired of seeing people treating my home land as some kind of exception, “not included”

[@autoworld9681]

@@louisquartersson4555 you mean americans

[@louisquartersson4555]

@@autoworld9681 America is the center of the world…?

[@autoworld9681]

@@louisquartersson4555 No, but americans are the ones with zero respect for european peoples and cultures.

[@wesleypipesgaming19]

These are absolutely fantastic. This is the kind of stuff I love to see. I wish more people could see these.

[@ramz16k]

I've never felt this way about any youtube video, but these creatures are absolutely beautiful. Such works of art will never be forgotten.

[@lyricusthelame9395]

The music combined with the actual things themselves makes this video strangely beautiful, it makes it seem as if we just invented a new form of life. DISCLAIMER: When I say "we" I mean humanity, I am not trying to claim that I was associated in the creation of these things. That should be obvious but evidently not.

[@AlbertKimMusic]

beauty of music

[@garrybarry4286]

In case you wanted the full version, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gouvfn6heqx5iNE

[@alwaysright6358]

Nah. The music is eerie.

[@takamjob8385]

We!? Bruh we didn't do shit, It's the artists who did it.

[@EndHezler]

@@takamjob8385 it's a human thing to say "we made it" when someone else did.

[@thomasford2032]

I like that they show you both the successes and difficulties they faced when developing their ideas as it really puts into perspective how hard they worked on these, its quite inspiring to see.

[@Janzer_]

and yet people blame god for not making mankind perfect

[@erikstigter7897]

@@Janzer_ Please don't do that.. leave religion out of art.

[@Gandalfthewhat]

​@@Janzer_ god is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, all other omnis you can imagine. Shouldn't be too hard

[@orange0666]

Seeing people from all over the world uniting to appreciate these masterpieces is really heartwarming. It truly does bring a tear to my eye.

[@EGGSHL]

It almost feels like every one of these things is alive. They all have their own personality from their creators

[@soheil5710]

*creator

[@Jukinj94]

@@soheil5710 cry about it more.

[@ashleyrothn313]

they kind of are alive?

[@soheil5710]

@@Jukinj94 😢😢😢

[@brandonmunsen6035]

Lol u probably think snow men are alive too

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

DaVinci would be so proud of Mr. Jansen.

[@tylermech66]

um, you do know he was an artist right?

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

tylermech66 he was also a inventor. look it up

[@OMGmyFACE]

I thought everyone knew what kind of man Da Vinci was. Stay in school, kids.

[@hoganholo99]

Centaur Lord Y-yyyesss, and he was also an artist...

[@tylermech66]

his primary occupation was artistry, he only did mechanical theorizing on the side, some philosophy, and a whole lot of edumacation :D

[@rochellemcgowan9334]

I've watched these over and over and over and they freak me out completely because they are so alive and foreign, unlike anything I have ever seen I'm completely mesmerized by these moving sculptures. Magnificent. I'd like to be inside Theo Jansen's mind.

[@julianbrelsford]

With so many legs, they remind me of millipedes

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

People said the same thing about planes in the 1900’s.

[@pinecone_archive400]

This video felt so much longer than 4 and a half minutes. Truely mesmerizing.

[@ocean_rain4521]

Ah I remember reading about these in a passage on the SAT.. or was it the ACT? Either way, they sounded fascinating and I meant to look them up later only to forget what they were called. I’m glad this video found me so I can finally see them in action!

[@jordyvandeven3954]

the name "Strandbeest" basically means "Beach beast" or "Beach animal". I think if you google that if you'd ever forget the name, then you'll get the right results :)

[@budgetcommander4849]

SAT reading sections are goldmines way more than they have a right to be.

[@highwaystar4518]

@@budgetcommander4849 this so much

[@Kspice9000]

I hated that shit on the SAT. "Here's something really interesting that you weren't taught about. Find the grammatical errors." Me 'completely engrossed in topic' Prompter "and time" Me "wait, ah fuck"

[@mld1525]

@@Kspice9000 You forgot My Mom: “Can you take them again next semester???”

[@charlessomerset9754]

These absolutely fascinate me. I am reminded of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles for some strange reason. Having built my own kites as a child, I can only imagine the work that it takes to build one. Beautiful, slightly disturbing, but like a red wheelbarrow in the rain, so necessary.

[@normablake2748]

Red wheelbarrow in the rain. Fantastic.

[@LuisC7]

@@normablake2748 what does it mean? I don't understand

[@alexisrangel2457]

@@LuisC7 the red wheelbarrow in the rain is a quote from a poem

[@LuisC7]

@@alexisrangel2457 what does it say

[@JETJOOBOY]

Leonardo would be proud of these mechanical artists

[@Guranga93]

A Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear

[@tommygarson8592]

imagine actual fucking straandbeest tanks

[@Emma-cy4vw]

Strandbeests, son.

[@Kitkat-986]

XD

[@samuelellis1316]

Guranga93 I WAS THINKING THAT THE ENTIRE TIME!!!

[@IntoTheVoid13]

Metal Gear could actually happen, Darpa, Armstech and other companies mentioned in the Metal Gear series are real life companies! but Yeah Metal Gear, Ghost In The Shell, Terminator, Robocop & even Blade Runner, might become a reality one day!

[@BoneMittens]

Just read about these in an SAT Test and was absolutely intrigued. And their just as interesting seeing them!

[@AntifoulAwl]

Hopefully these machines will never turn evil and kill their creator.

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

If they do kill their creator, it will be without any trace of malice, but an act of _pure innocence._ Or... PVCnocence.

[@evilutionltd]

If they do turn bad, just stand upwind of them.

[@AntifoulAwl]

Evil from evilution or arm yourself with an industrial fan

[@Vtec24]

Just take out some bolts in the legs and watch it crumble before you... Or on top of you

[@Vtec24]

Not Ur Business lol, fine, hit it with a truck, happy now?

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

These have deeply inspired me for years. They're so impressive, machines that are just almost life, and made in a medium wholly different to our own

[@FunkMastaMegaFlex]

Indeed. They have a very otherworldly vibe to them.

[@JollyFlys]

Proof of a mind putting things into motion

[@dfredankey]

@@JollyFlys nice way of seeing it

[@o-wolf]

Everytime I see one of these I think maybe all the steam punk I dismiss as nonsense isn't so no sensical afterall 🤔

[@distrologic2925]

This has nothing to do with life, it is just an organic looking pattern powered by wind energy.

[@exstee]

I thought this was fake at first, and was like, "Wow, that is some really good CGI." I can't believe I haven't seen or heard of Strandbeests before.

[@TauGeneration]

Steeyo It must be a work of an enemy stand

[@manuelmateo3392]

You thought THIS was CGI? It's way too real to be CGI. I could tell it was real from the outset.

[@gingercunt3561]

lmao you realise "strandbeest" means beachbeast

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@@pyootchnich I beg of you go to website and make one of the miniature ones, this leg technology is surprisingly simply and really cool

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@Hello O that's how it usually works, yeah

[@GroupStalkingMuseum]

Theo, this puts us lazy people to shame. A man making art like this shamse the world of haters and war. Love and blessings to you.

[@TheJairjedi]

Imagine a world where you are the only human and these are everywhere

[@pistolshrimp7775]

+NotKanye West thats like...woahhh

[@smooooth_]

New painting series idea? Maybe a short story to go along with it? Boy wakes up on mysterious earth like planet with these walking around? Doesn't know where they came from, how long he was asleep, who built them, or how they work? They just kind of wander around with the wind, ignoring him? Finds old dying man living in lighthouse (with an elaborate unseen inside of course)? Man explains everything? Man built creatures after he was stranded on the planet and got lonely? They now inhabit the planet? Oh my gosh let me write this all down this is getting good. "the Lighthouse man"

[@ryangunnison38]

+NotKanye West I am in the middle of incorporating these into a world where they replace work animals

[@smooooth_]

Ryan Gunnison I want to know more about what you're doing

[@ryangunnison38]

+Smooooth I hope I didn't get your hopes up too much, because I really don't have much. I came up with this fantasy world idea revolving around mystical creatures I call Fignir. Its just a drawing right now of this area on top of a mountain, but I might include a picture of a village with strandbeest in it. I have a plot figured out and if I am not too lazy I might put it into action as a small webcomic or something

[@japdog9]

this is the most amazing art installation i have ever seen .all kids should be introduced to this , it will open there minds . thanks for the show and the music . all incredable ,wish i could see them live

[@leokimvideo]

it's amazing what you can do with a bit of bamboo, string & cardboard

[@zam50]

And bottles and stuff. You seen the system for sensing and avoiding deeper water? Genius

[@xw591]

@@zam50 No, where can u learn about that?

[@glendabreece9767]

I think he's from another planet , lol I can't fathom how much math and thought went into this beautiful creature

[@TheOrientalNightFish]

There is something so ingenuous, innocent, naive, vulnerable and hopeful about the Strandbeest. It truly reminds me of another world, full of genuine, first time discovery and spirited curiosity. I love it.

[@pogo6543211111111]

you trying way too hard to sound intelligent.

[@serbronnoftheblackwater4149]

Did you say TRULY REMINDS YOU???... Who are you? What's that world ? And How does one get there and return safely to this one...?

[@MikehMike01]

it’s completely pointless

[@user-te1zl6jc1b]

@@MikehMike01 what's pointless? The happiness from from the naive childish curiosity or your existence?

[@thejohnson9204]

@@MikehMike01 So is your comment.....

[@gordonmitchell729]

What an outstandingly patient and clever man. An artist with creative vision and dedication.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Mom: Your father and I didn't pay for an engineering degree just so you could play with toys. This Guy:

[@gordonmitchell729]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing lol, I have often heard from friends that the degree they took turned out to be a choice at the time that seemed to be the right one, but turned out to be contrary to later events that led them in more enjoyable directions.

[@TheTryingDutchman]

And a lot of technical knowhow/skills!

[@bayouman7658]

Pure genius, beautiful and life like. Made of PVC pipe, yet he made these things walk in a fashion that does not look robotic. Hard to believe this would get one thumbs down.

[@Dieci-9]

This feels like watching an entire life cycle of these complete with laying eggs, mating and even dying. With this music it really feels like having witnessed them across generations.

[@ultrafox6576]

It's glorious, the strandbeest is a magnificent piece of art.

[@KonnaroTaro]

These are amazing Reminds me so much of Howl’s Moving Castle Someone could make that thing into a reality at this point

[@raylowe6553]

Thank god I wasn't the only one to think that

[@aSHuNa7164]

eyyo, i thinking the same thing

[@mrpineapple3942]

That large of an object could not be supported very well

[@nickmagrick7702]

they could, be the resources and the time needed to do it means it almost certainly will never happen. Sadly, if it ever happens its probably going to be because it has military applications. Unless society changes so dramatically that its unrecognizable, we will never build things that inspire that sense of awe. Its not where our macro values lay

[@alpyki2588]

These remind me more so of Junji Ito's Gyo. No one should turn any of Gyo into reality. Though this seems harmless enough.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

I think I heard somewhere that the plastic bottles are used to store wind for when it's not windy.

[@yogeebear2599]

yup

[@ivanttosuckyourblood]

2:00 here

[@tr3nta345]

Tested

[@remainprofane7732]

People say all the time “I hope this one day becomes the last shred of evidence humanity once existed”. Imagine an Earth, an empty earth, filled with these things. Future species would think more highly of us than we would deserve, not knowing it all to be the work of just one of us.

[@idkidc7513]

I saw some of these at my local museum and I was amazed by such incredible mix of both engineering and art. Wish I could've been able to see them move

[@midnightmosesuk]

There's something rather forlorn about them.

[@dazziellemaelazado760]

yes! that's the word: forlorn! 😣

[@midnightmosesuk]

+Dazzielle Mae Lazado The way they flap their wings, it's like they want to fly but can't. :-(

[@gerardorico6696]

nice!!

[@LadySeraphineCC]

I agree with you..

[@LordVanOskuro]

+midnightmosesuk I think those a more like fins

[@ratsumatra3003]

This video came out 8 years ago, it's now 2022 and I'm mesmerized. What brilliant and beautiful creations.

[@Vemppu_Lutku]

wow, 9y now

[@RadioStatic-ic1dy]

The yearly migration of these creatures is truly a sight to behold

[@catpoke9557]

These move so much like real animals that I feel inclined to believe that somewhere, on some distant planet, there lives animals structured almost identically to these. Just walking the planet with their wind powered limbs.. gaining all the energy they need to move through the wind itself.

[@ТудаСюда-ф4м]

Зачем на другой планете? На земле есть тараканы. Так же бегают.

[@bellablackmist5033]

Who needs another planet when we have the deep ocean, and microorganisms. They could be populating your room at this very moment, and you'd never know.

[@ravenwithcall8527]

Somebody actually made an alien concept on these wind thingy. I forgot what the series was called but it was a speculative world where an AI takes control of the human race to conquer other alien species.

[@AA-gl1dr]

What do you think inspired the original design?

[@qfrax]

@@ravenwithcall8527 Humanity Lost?

[@DogmasterUA]

Невероятное, футуристическое впечатление. Словно существа из другого мира. Впечатляет!) Спасибо)

[@gRoq_]

Была создана игра, по мотивам этого видео, Last Oasis называется

[@alexandrneba1584]

🙂

[@OutlawFall]

@@gRoq_.....

[@newfic2290]

Это очень милые творения! Столько труда, нереально

[@DogmasterUA]

@@newfic2290 Работа Бога!

[@gregsteele806]

Horizon: Zero Dawn, the early years.

[@Cal-El]

Greg Steele glad I wasn't the only one.

[@Dentheman1995]

Greg Steele Funny thing is.. these robots and that game were both made by Dutchmans

[@MaykeG8]

The Calvin Darius hi

[@Evangelion543]

Greg Steele before they became machines

[@qwaku4907]

The Alpha testing

[@ManyArmedMooseDei]

That big one with cloth around the frame looked genuinely unnerving silently advancing along on its own power, in an awe inspiring sort of way. A good creepy, one could say.

[@stevebramblet7192]

The effects, the smooth lifelike movements, and the music combined all remind me of something that might be from a Studio Ghibli movie!

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

That’s what I think too!!! It reminds me of Castle in the sky

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

Actually, The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli (also used in English), based on the Libyan Arabic name for hot desert wind (قبلي, 'ghiblī'), the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry". From Wikipedia

[@앤젤]

@@Nahoko_Satomi I wasn't expecting to learn something when scrolling through the comments, thanks for sharing!

[@chewy99.]

I hate anime

[@revenevan11]

They kinda remind me of the dream planes from "The Wind Rises"

[@David0lyle]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. What’s so fascinating is that the technology isn’t necessarily all that sophisticated and yet it carries the aura of magic. Would all but the bravest savages who saw it from the sea dare to land? I could not blame them if they sailed on to safer shores.

[@purpleemerald5299]

I’d love to send some of these creations a thousand years back in time just for a chance to see our ancestors collectively lose their shit over these “alien constructs.”

[@act2wasstronger182]

@@purpleemerald5299 knowing us as a species, our ancestors wud prolly grab their spears and hunt em to extinctio to obtain construction materials lol

[@Hajde_budalla]

@@purpleemerald5299 the chinese prolly already made them eons ago

[@maxx666mayhem]

Imagine if these structure had an animal skin on them and that too of an aggressive kind

[@Hajde_budalla]

@@maxx666mayhem feathers.

[@spadeyspacely]

For some strange reason that I can’t fully explain yet, these always remind me of few different paintings from Beksiński. He’s painted these gargantuan lifeforms that seem to stand in these windy conditions and appear to be by bodies of water, and although they don’t exactly look this way, their mystique i guess has the same appeal.

[@NinjaWieldingLimes]

Thank you so much!! I've been trying for ages to put a name to some of Beksinski's work! Now I know who painted the little scuttling guy my friend showed me years ago and has haunted me a little bit ever since. I've also seen some of his art that involves lots of limbs. Didn't know they were by the same artist! Again, thank you!!

[@LeJazzPanda]

I think it's the number of joints/limbs

[@RacingSnails64]

Oh gosh you're right lol

[@spadeyspacely]

@@NinjaWieldingLimes you’re welcome! One of my all time favorite painters. I’ve studied his stuff for quite some time.

[@blakelowrey9620]

Such a tortured but brilliant soul

[@jameslast3192]

Love them all but the big cardboard box looking one is stunningly beautiful! Huge morphing geometric shapes. Amazing mind and work!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

So wait, do the "sails" on the back wind up a spring? They're either sitting still and waving those around, or moving forward, never both.

[@Governmenttruth]

Some of his strandbeest can indeed store energy. The sails drive an air pump and the air gets compressed in pet bottles. Then it starts moving, even when there´s no wind, or it walks AGAINST the wind. Nifty isn´t it?

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Wow, just wow! No words can describe how incredible these creations are!

[@cosmicninja69]

This looks like good SCP fuel to me.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

UberDude definately

[@dandadruffphl8351]

I know right? Someone should right an SCP about these magnificent strandbeests.

[@CzarnyMlot]

Maybe I could...? Was thinking of writing one. Any ideas xD ?

[@skyr8449]

CzarnyMlot Make it the mad inventor, a man trapped alone on an island forced to do this work.

[@HoneyBee-Bee]

Heck yeah

[@cassandre4431]

Quelle poésie,vos créatures me ravissent ! À votre exposition à Bordeaux, grosse déception, elles étaient toutes arrimées , immobiles... Heureusement les images sont là, le vent les animent et rend hommage à votre travail... Merci à lui Merci à vous 🙏💐🖐️ Monsieur Jansen

[@livedeliciously]

It blows my mind how these meld engineering and art. They look so organic. Modern day genius.

[@Drekavacmilitaria]

The guy who creates these is a genius, year after year I still marvel at it

[@leociresi4292]

Wind power!

[@pzzuo1387]

These are some of the most innovative, interesting “creatures” created these days. Love it/ them!

[@pzzuo1387]

@@Har0Id it and them are _not_ gender specific they are reference to singular/plural.

[@shadydaemon4178]

I agree.

[@VB-zx1yk]

Reminds me of house centipedes

[@pzzuo1387]

@@VB-zx1yk yeah, so it does! Maybe a cross between a house and an elephant.

[@051adam]

The simple execution of something like locomotion looks so very graceful! A symphony of natural rhythm that will always show how precious creative minds really are! Ty!

[@feelingluckyduck373]

These things need a David Attenborough narration.

[@christoroppolo8742]

This man should be in charge of the energy department. I have no words to express my joy while watching him and his incredible creations WALKING down the beach the modern day Leonardo DaVinci ! Peace christo

[@amperzand9162]

With coal coming in a loong last if you account for the pollution it gives off. More fallout than well managed nuclear, more chemical toxins and greenhouse gases than gas or oil generators.

[@mav3ric100]

That's what I'd want as well. I just saw a docu-segment about this guy and his marvels...Completely mesmerized by the brain on this guy. It's people like him that should be sought out to head engineering powerhouses so that we can keep making advances. Not corporate sellout out to make more money and who only got to the top because they knew someone or slept with the right people.

[@米空軍パイロット]

Christo Roppolo As much pf a genius as this guy is, you don't make inventors be bureaucrats. You should find a bureaucrat who can allow an inventor to work freely on their creations.

[@米空軍パイロット]

wukilla11 If the tech exists, companies would find a way to capitalize off of it. Don't underestimate their intelligence.

[@FriendsforFriendsUK]

wukilla11 What is the evidence for your statements about companies suppressing technology? It's an ancient sci fi theme, and about as likely as Flash Gordon's adventures. Firms do ignore new tech, but they go bust when the new competition undercuts them.

[@machitoons]

I'm getting mad Ghibli vibes off of this...

[@orencramton189]

Mᴀᴄʜɪɴᴀ same

[@TOSPEEDFIRE13]

Mᴀᴄʜɪɴᴀ Same it's Amazing

[@akirakatz1552]

I was just thinking that omg

[@fahdidrissiaatouf425]

i just wrote a comment about it too

[@Solidarity1024]

first reaction.

[@void-creature]

These genuinely feel like out of a Ghibli movie

[@hervederinel262]

it is pretty incredible to think these mechanical thing have that much autonomy. They eat air and digest it into energy for their movement on their own. If they could be programmed to adapt their movement to look for more wind they would actually be equal to celular life forms at a giant scale (minus the ability to reproduce)

[@alien4053]

They don't "eat air" and cannot be programmed. Its just a collection of linkages that are moved by air pressure. It's that simple. Having said that...coming up with design for those linkage systems requires a genius!

[@hervederinel262]

Alien I know they don't really eat air as "eating" but they still fill bottles (stocking energy) and redestribute it as movement which is really the same as digesting food. A car "eats and digest" gas. It's very primitive though. As for programming, well you could theorically mechanically program them to orient themselves in the optimal position to catch wind.

[@atomgallup4253]

+Hervé De Rinel Sort of makes you question what makes us so different. There are ways to make kinetic computers with gears and pulleys and no electricity, and there is currently a college group testing one that was designed (I believe) in the nineteenth century. theoretically, you could make a wooden mind and put it in a wooden body. of coarse, that's provided you have enough open flat space.

[@aardvark280]

You are referring to The Difference Engine designed by Charles Babbage in the early 1800's. If he had stopped trying to perfect the design and had let his technicians tinker with the mechanism so that all the moving parts worked correctly, we would have had entirely-mechanical computers in the 1830's. They would have been enormous compared to electronic computers, but they would have worked.

[@squirtjosie7]

We aren't so very different. Von Neumann machines replicate themselves from available material, take in energy and display activity. Von Neumann modeled the idea for these machines on biological organisms. We are biological, carbon based Von Neumann machines. A very early episode of Dr Who proposed the idea of a metal based organism which used magnetism to store and use energy, a metallic, magnetodynamic Von Neumann machine if you like.

[@zoidberg96913]

This is just downright adorable.

[@alexwhite3959]

I want one.

[@ghnarraheh6667]

+Alex White You can buy a kit or build one from scratch with all the availible schematics on internet :3

[@NathansHVAC]

I don't know what's more beautiful. The music or the images.

[@dandadruffphl8351]

Both

[@noevilea624]

Far more elegance in the videos.

[@arteria6668]

NathansHVAC maybe is the combination of both that create something called art

[@miketas7665]

NathansHVAC *videos

[@shrooman768]

NathansHVAC Is your mom a plausible option here too?

[@spicencens7725]

I will never tire of watching this magical movement! Absolutely amazing!

[@catscradleforge2891]

Amazing work! I didn't think something so complicated with so many moving parts was possible.

[@Kronos0999]

What is that!? What the fuck is that!?

[@Kronos0999]

Help!

[@jondeare]

I like it

[@SA-121]

A strandbeest.

[@forrestgumball]

Kronos Sir a jellydonut sir!

[@kevinportillo1971]

*ITS A BABY FUCKING WHEEL, JAY!*

[@OriruBastard]

Wind powered automatons. Human engineering at it's finest. =)

[@Imhotep0]

Oriru Bastard That's your point of views, but I think that they are so beautifull to look at !

[@jackvernian7779]

+halburd1 projection is strong with this one.

[@trancehuman1063]

this guy must be a riot at parties. Oh wait, parties are retarded, useless and a waste of resources. Better save that energy for important matter, like commenting on youtube video's.

[@SuperZarrabal]

halburd1 Gotta Protect your ignorance

[@eligebrown8998]

I'm glad I read your comment cause I was wondering if it was the wind doing this

[@Dragon-Doxin]

I wasn't expecting to see something so beautiful today

[@gabrielmoore1270]

4:00 Sad Caterpillar beest wants to be a butterfly already

[@Gooberpatrol66]

>In the future he wants to put out in herds. I beg your pardon?

[@PieterPatrick]

Nathan Dehnel; He is a artist....

[@gareplofkip2840]

+Nathan Dehnel Strandbeasts produce a lot of milk.We like milk in Holland.

[@senorbeckon]

I would so very much love to give theo an entire alien world to run wild upon -- just to see if he could create life again . Bravo !

[@lawrieyoutube4375]

Mars

[@senorbeckon]

@@lawrieyoutube4375 ' but I already sold [ MARS ] to Elon Musk ... oh well .

[@benzonex]

My favorite beach in The Hague, where I once even met the artist himself! A token of greatness! Splendid! Fantastische kunst!

[@stevengreen9536]

Wow it is like he turned evolution into an interactive art display. This guy is very creative. I admire his dedication even when working in bad weather. 😊👍

[@MHTutorials3D]

Dutch ingenuity, I love it

[@soy_meraki]

It looks like Leonardo da Vinci's machines are better inventors

[@cengizhanyildiz1028]

@@soy_meraki ŕ er èèeeècxdcdcd ccc cx.x.

[@soy_meraki]

@@cengizhanyildiz1028 Today is 2021

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Everyone is gangsta until strandbeest take over the world and replace humans.

[@checkmatedot8126]

It looks like EREN YEAGAR

[@ytp3n]

While enjoying the beauty of this unique art, I had to fight my thoughts asking questions such as - how does he carry these creatures to the beach? Is it easy to stop them if the wind is strong? How do animals respond to it?

[@franktheflamingo6221]

Maybe they’re built on the beach

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

@@franktheflamingo6221Would be hard with winds and sand getting everywhere.

[@franktheflamingo6221]

@@PlayBoX-qq9kr not if I did it

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

@@franktheflamingo6221 My bad I didn’t realize you were built different.

[@Fulano5321]

I suspect he has a workshop nearby where they showed the big solid looking one. As for moving them there were several scenes of him moving them. They look pretty light for their size.

[@crilin25]

This video was up loaded 9yrs ago on KZbin and now i was recommended to watched it. .

[@huanquatro]

Da Vinci would have been proud.

[@dvklaveren]

+Jason lovstedt If I could do one thing by going back in time, I would give Da Vinci a book that details the construction of strandbeests out of bamboo. I imagine that that's the sort of thing that could drive him to tears of happiness and/or send him into an invention frenzy. Being able to just watch him going through that process would delight me to no end.

[@honeyham6788]

+Alderick van Klaveren da vinci would likely use the designs to finalize his war machines and dominate the earth with his synthetic soldiers of war

[@yeetman4953]

+Jason lovstedt this needs to be turned into an idea