Dutch artist Theo Jansen first started creating his signature ¡°Strandbeest¡± (¡°Beach Animal¡°) works in 1990. These huge objects, a combination of art and science, are made mostly out of plastic tubes and can walk by themselves using the power of the wind.

Fifteen of Jansen¡¯s beasts, such as ¡°Animaris Percipiere Rectus¡± and ¡°Animaris Currens Ventosa,¡± are being brought to the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum for this exhibition, which includes the world premiere of his new ¡°Animaris Plaudents Vela II / Cerebrum Period¡°; Oct. 9-Dec. 7.

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; 2-1 Dejima-machi, Nagasaki. Nagasaki Stn. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. ?1,200. Closed 2nd., 4th Mon. 095-833-2110;