Theo Jansen first studied physics. Since 1990, he’s been working with yellow plastic tubing, which he uses to construct skeleton-like creatures that lumber along the beach. Jansen considers himself the creator of a new life form that’s nourished solely by the wind and constantly undergoes a sort of evolution. These Strandbeester move with the wind, recognize obstacles with their feelers, and dig into the sand when a storm threatens. Theo Jansen has made it his mission in life to endow his creatures with resistance to diverse forces of nature so they’ll someday be able to survive without him and lumber independently along the world’s beaches.