This
homepage is about a friend of mine who asked me if he could use my homepage
space as I was not using it. I agreed. So here it is.
Theo Jansen is an artist who experiments with
evolution. He wrote a computerprogram which displayed small wormlike
animals.(see pic.1) These animals have sharp noses which kill the animals
coming in front of it. When they touch the flank of an other animal this animal
is killed. Animals which have smaller flanks are less vunerable. After a few
generations the animals looked like rolled-up worms.(see pic.2)
pic.1 pic.2
Theo did the same with walking animals. Those who walked a certain distance
were allowed to multiply(pic3). So after a few generations the animals with the
most efficient way of walking could stay alive(pic3).
pic.3
After this adventure on the computer he thought of a way to construct an animal
from electricity pipes(pic4,5).
pic.4 pic.5
These animals move on the wind. On their back they have a kind of windcatcher
that are attached to the legs(pic6).
pic.6
These artificial animals will some day in the vision of Theo walk the beaches
of Holland .By walking around they move the sand and inso doing, maintain the
dunes(pic7).
pic.7
To see a color image of the Animaris Sabulosa
click here.