Weird and Beautiful Science

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The evening news had a story about the San Francisco Exploratorium’s new exhibit called Strandbeest (beach animals in Dutch) which features beautiful kinetic sculptures created by physicist-turned-artist Theo Jansson.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/strandbeest

These sculptures are so mesmerizing and beautiful and so oddly lifelike in their movements. Here are some videos I found online.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=azy-c6QXUCw

https://vimeo.com/46453433

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pCtA5kX-Ktg

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So cool. I’ve seen a video of his work before, but this is really cool. Thank you for sharing!

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ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that’s fucken sweet.

thanks @Moonbeam

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Another video of strandbeest kinetic sculptures set to classical music. Where physics meets art! :nerd: :paintbrush:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MYGJ9jrbpvg

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Math can be weird and beautiful too.

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