Impressive skeletons, independently moving in the wind: the beach animals of artist Theo Jansen (1948) regularly stroll along the coastline of The Hague. They have also been exhibited all over the world. In addition to the Animaris Omnia, which has been on display in the Garden Hall of the Kunstmuseum since 2018, ten beach animals, in chronological order of their evolution, will be featured both inside the Project Room and outside along the pond’s edge starting February 26th. Jansen: “Since 1990, I have been occupied with creating new forms of life. The building material is not protein, like in existing nature, but electricity tubes. My beach animals harness energy from the wind and therefore do not need to eat. Over time, an evolution has taken place, visible in the successive generations. This becomes evident in the presentation at the Kunstmuseum.”
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