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animaris suspendisse

2014

The latest and largest of the strandbeest, 43-foot-long Suspendisse borrows many features from its forebears: Ordis' legs, Apodiacula’s outrigger skis, and Adulari’s sweat glands and nose feelers. 

Sails help Suspendisse gulp the wind, directing air toward pistons that squeeze the air into recycled plastic bottles, or wind stomachs. Later, if the wind dies down, Suspendisse can use this stored energy to retreat from the rising tide. 

Epoch: Cerebrum, The Brains Period, 2006-present

 


Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen was organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Audemars Piguet provided generous support as the tour's National Sponsor. This exhibition was supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. ABC7 was the exhibition’s local media sponsor with additional support from SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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​Explore the 25-year lineage of the strandbeests.

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