2005-2006
Internship
Production and development of the strandbeest project by artist and inventor Theo Jansen.
Over the course of 6 months 3 large strandbeest creatures were produced at a small laboratory near the Hague. Mainly constructed from PVC tubes and tie-wraps, these creatures, called strandbeest (Beach Animal), evolve with every new generation towards the ultimate goal; total independece. The way they are programmed to move is basically like a very simple analog computer, running on compressed air.
After the internship I worked production and presentation at events in Linz, London, Barcelona and Amsterdam where the Strandbeests were demonstrated to the public, testing the newly developed wing system.