Theo Jansen – Strandbeest Evolution 2025

On the Dutch coast, Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten give sculpture the appearance of a moving organism. In Strandbeest Evolution 2025, released on his own channel, the artist presents developments in his mechanical creatures. Wind, sand and water become partners in a research project pursued since 1990, with each experiment bringing engineered structures closer to an imagined…

Photographie d’archive de 2005 d’une construction Strandbeest de Theo Jansen / Archival 2005 photograph of a Strandbeest construction by Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen — Strandbeest, 2005. Photo : Eloquence ; recadrage / crop : Beyond My Ken. Source : Wikimedia Commons (public domain photograph).

On the Dutch coast, Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten give sculpture the appearance of a moving organism. In Strandbeest Evolution 2025, released on his own channel, the artist presents developments in his mechanical creatures. Wind, sand and water become partners in a research project pursued since 1990, with each experiment bringing engineered structures closer to an imagined form of life.