Outsider art – Aesthetics of Design

Upcycle Thoughts: Kinetic Walking Sculpture

January 31, 2017

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Outsider art, progress, Strandbeest, Theo Jansen, Upcycle

Theo Jansen has selflessly given his “11 holy numbers” away for the public to use however they see fit (See my previous post “Aesthetic Explorations: Theo Jansen and His Strandbeest” for more information on his creations). Shown below, the 11 numbers for a linkage system for a leg to be powered by a crank. I…

Aesthetic Explorations: Theo Jansen and His Strandbeest

January 25, 2017

Blake Arellano

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

Aesthetics Exploration, engineering, kinetic art, machine, Outsider art, Sand, Strandbeest, surreal, surrealism, Theo Jansen, Upcycle, walking machine

Theo Jansen, a dropout physicist become artist, has created his very own aesthetic. In 1980, Jansen began with 1500 combinations of 11 linkage sizes. Using a new technology at the time, a computer was utilized to dwindle the different configurations down to just one golden combination, the “eleven holy numbers”. These numbers allowed for the…

Androgynous

January 19, 2016

Andre

Aesthetic Explorations, Student Work, ZZ 2016

aesthetics, clothing, interesting, Outsider art, style

http://setuptheupset.com/blogs/uncvrd/25735364-10-androgynous-moments-that-changed-fashion-forever Androgyny was identified first by plato as a combination of the two sexes. His myth tell the story of three sexes; male, female, and male-female respectively from the sun, earth, and the moon. The synthesis of the two sexes gives the male and female characteristics of style, music, expression, sexual experience, and appearance in…

Rolling through the bay

January 9, 2016

Source: Rolling through the bay A wonderful example of upcycled outsider art. Scott Weaver created an elaborate sculpture of San Francisco, made entirely of toothpicks, around 100,000 of them. A ping pong ball rides on tracks through the sculpture, visiting sites of importance to the sculptor. I saw this at the American Visionary Museum in…