THEO JANSEN

[gvngeist]

This week I finally went to 911 Media Arts Center for a meeting of the Seattle Dorkbot chapter with a coworker/friend of mine. They were screening a collection of documentaries and showed one on the work of Theo Jansen. It was seriously mind blowing and totally inspiring.

"Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new

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[silenceinspades]

his stuff is so cool. i heard about this a while ago, but didn't realize that they sort of reminds me of something out of the dark crystal until you mentioned feature films. actually, someone should put a herd of muppets out on beaches to live their lives.

[gvngeist]

Yeah, I can definitely see that correlation and it's kind of what I was thinking of as well. I almost always like movies more when they use puppets or physical creations over CG. Naked Lunch is a great example; it would have totally failed with CG Mugwumps/Typewriters etc.

I am picturing Kermit, sun bleached and aged crawling along a beach, wrinkled albino Muppet jerky.