For seven years, photographer and artist Lena Herzog followed the evolution of a new kinetic species. Intricate as insects but with bursts of equine energy, the "Strandbeests," or "beach creatures," are the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who has been working for nearly two decades to generate these new life-forms that move, and even survive, on their own. This tribute showcases Jansen's imaginative vision, a mesmerizing encounter with whole new ideas of existence.

Sculptural Species

Lena Herzog captures the uncanny sculpture-creatures of Theo Jansen

For seven years, photographer and artist Lena Herzog followed the evolution of a new kinetic species. Intricate as insects but with bursts of equine energy, the "Strandbeests," or "beach creatures," are the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who has been working for nearly two decades to generate these new life-forms that move, and even survive, on their own.

Set to roam the beaches of Holland, the Strandbeests pick up the wind in their gossamer wings and spring, as if by metamorphosis, into action. As if it were blood, not the breeze, running through their delicate forms, they quiver, cavort, and trot against the sun and sea, pausing to change direction if they sense loose sand or water that might destabilize their movement.

Coinciding with a traveling exhibition, Herzog's photographic tribute captures Jansen's menagerie in a meditative black and white, showcasing Jansen's imaginative vision, as well as the compelling intersection of animate and inanimate in his creatures. The result is a work of art in its own right and a mesmerizing encounter not only with a very surrealist brand of marvelous, but also with whole new ideas of existence.

The photographer and author

Lena Herzog is a multi-disciplinary artist. She studied Philosophy

and Linguistics (Philology), began working primarily in the field of photography and print making since 1997. Herzog is the author of six books of photography; her work has been widely published and reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review among many others. She is a regular contributing artist to Harper's Magazine. Her work has been collected and exhibited in major museums and institutions around the world.

The artist

Dutch visual artist Theo Jansen studied science at the University of Delft. He spent his early career painting, before deciding to strike out on a new course by making a real flying saucer which flew over Delft in 1980. Since then he has been working on the creation of the Strandbeest species. Jansen's work has been featured in several television programs, as well as in The New Yorker, New Scientist, and Wired.

The contributing author

Lawrence Weschler is Director Emeritus of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU. A former staff writer at The New Yorker, he is the author of over 15 books, including the Pulitzer-nominated Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder and Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences, winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. He is a contributing editor at Threepenny Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and McSweeney's.

Strandbeest. The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen

Lena Herzog, Theo Jansen, Lawrence Weschler

Hardcover with three fold-outs, 25 x 35 cm, 2.68 kg, 328 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-4849-6

Multilingual Edition: English, French, German

七年来，摄影师和艺术家莉娜·赫佐格（Lena Herzog）一直在跟踪一个新的动感雕塑物种的演变。风力仿生兽，或称“海滩动物”，是荷兰艺术家泰奥‧扬森（Theo Jansen）的创作，他在近二十年的时间里一直致力于创造这些新的生命形式，它们可以自己移动，甚至生存。这部作品展示了扬森富有想象力的视野，是一次与全新存在理念的迷幻邂逅。

雕塑类物种

莉娜·赫佐格捕捉了泰奥‧扬森的不可思议的雕塑作品

七年来，摄影师和艺术家莉娜·赫佐格（Lena Herzog）一直在跟踪一个新的动感雕塑物种的演变。风力仿生兽，或称“海滩动物”，是荷兰艺术家泰奥‧扬森（Theo Jansen）的创作，它像昆虫一样复杂，但又像马一样有力量。泰奥‧扬森在近二十年的时间里一直致力于创造这些新的生命形式，它们可以自己移动，甚至生存。

漫步在荷兰的海滩上，“海滩动物”用它们那轻如鸿毛的翅膀迎风而立，仿佛蜕变一般，开始行动。仿佛有血液在身躯里流淌，而不是微风在驱使它们，它们颤抖着、跳跃着，迎着阳光和大海小跑，如果感觉到松动的沙子或水可能会破坏它们的运动，它们就会停下来改变方向。

恰逢巡回展览，赫佐格的摄影作品以沉思的黑白色调捕捉了扬森的海滩动物，展示了扬森富有想象力的视野，以及作品中有生命和无生命的交集。这是一件艺术作品，是一次令人着迷的邂逅，不仅是与一个非常超现实主义的奇妙品牌的邂逅，也是与全新存在理念的邂逅。

摄影家和作家

莉娜·赫佐格（Lena Herzog）是一位多学科艺术家。她学习哲学和语言学（文献学），从1997年开始主要从事摄影和印刷领域。赫佐格共有六本摄影集，在《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《纽约客》、《巴黎评论》等多家媒体上广泛发表和评论。她还是《哈珀杂志》的定期特约艺术家。她的作品已被世界各地的主要博物馆和机构收藏和展出。

艺术家

荷兰视觉艺术家泰奥·扬森（Theo Jansen）在代尔夫特大学学习科学。他的早期职业生涯是在绘画中度过的。1980年，他决定开辟一条新的道路，制作一架真正的飞碟飞过代尔夫特上空。从那时起，他就一直致力于创造“海滩动物”。扬森的作品已经在几个电视节目，以及《纽约客》、《新科学家》和《连线》中展出过。

撰稿人

劳伦斯·韦斯勒（Lawrence Weschler）是纽约大学纽约人文研究所的名誉所长。他曾是《纽约客》杂志的撰稿人，著有超过15本书，包括获得普利策奖提名的《威尔逊先生的内阁奇观》和2007年荣获美国国家图书评论奖的《融合之书》。他还是《三便士评论》、《弗吉尼亚季刊》和《麦克斯威尼》的特约编辑。

海滩动物 - 泰奥‧扬森的梦想机器

莉娜·赫佐格，泰奥·扬森，劳伦斯·韦斯勒

精装，带三个折页，25 x 35 cm，2.68 kg，328页

ISBN 978-3-8365-4849-6

语言版本：英语、法语、德语