Greetings All! Betty and I are super jazzed because spring is HERE! We’re back on the streets and more excited than ever. First stop…
The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street
Through May 1 make sure you check out the kinetic beast of Theo Jansen. Created to roam the beaches of the Netherlands, eight of his works are featured in an exhibition entitled, Strandbeest (beach animals) and currently inhabit the Cultural Center. Also on exhibit are…
Demonstrations on how these creatures travel. Animaris Suspendisse, 2014
Smaller interactive beast.
The evolution of design and process, Animaris Apodiacula 2012-2013
Animaris Adulari, 2012
Animaris Umerus Segundus, 2014
Remnants or “fossils” of beast past
Video, photography, and drawings documenting 25 years of development
Overwhelmed by the hours and hours of work Jansen has put into these moving sculptures, I couldn’t help but wonder what he has learned that will contribute to future pieces. And although they are created to travel the sands, these life-like monochromatic creatures are absolutely stunning against the interior of the Cultural Center. A must see.
Alright! Betty and I are off on our next adventure but before we go we’re extending to you a great big invitation to get out there, explore, look for art EVERYWHERE, and then SHOW ME WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW!!!
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