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Theo Jansen Quotes

born 1948

Theodorus Gerardus Jozef "Theo" Jansen (born 14 March 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began what he is known for today: building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own, known only as Strandbeest.

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The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds, and few go beyond them.

In the Pregluton, there were no animals of plastic tubing yet. This initial period was marked by an absence of matter. Life then consisted exclusively of dreaming about life.

The Great Pretender (2007)

Kinetic art was created by artists who pushed the boundaries of traditional, static art forms to introduce visual experiences that would engage the audience and profoundly change the course of modern art.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Theo Jansen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.