JANSEN, kinetic sculpture, Tampere Biennale, 2018.
Wood, paper, sand, sound system.

The foundation of my work is an homage to Theo Jansen, a Dutch inventor and kinetic sculptor and his works. Jansen has developed and built his beach creatures (Strandbeest) for decades; wind-powered kinetic sculptures wandering around the beaches of Holland with the ability to avoid walking into the sea or collapsing due to stormy winds. The smooth movement of these beach creatures is largely based on the leg mechanics designed by Jansen, which he has made happily public. This same mechanism is presented in my own work. I myself have for years wondered and admired the very organic movement of Jansens beach creatures and his ambitious development of them. My kinetic sound sculpture JANSEN shows an interpretation of the beach life of a certain Jansen leg.