I found Theo Jensen's work by chance. He is an artist, sculptor and engineer who creates kinetic structure. His sculpture resembles large animals that walks, powered by wind.
I thought his work is astonishing when he introduced his work as sculpture making invisible wind as a visible object. An intention of his work is rather normal as creative starting point but expresses his investigation in figurative mechanism which makes coordinated movement with many discrete component resembling walking motion. Unlike sailing boat, the movement is not smooth and obvious, giving the sense of self controlled manoeuvre and strength that makes it look totally independent from wind. This unexpected-ness is not so mythological or phenomenological which many artist tend to express their obsession for. I really like this contradiction that plays with my un-expectancy...and also looks like Hayao Miyazaki's animation character.
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