The Dutch artist Marco Kruyt is making beautiful things that move on their own, something we here always like to see here wherever possible.

Marco’s work is an exploration of the machine versus the living creature. A long time model maker, he delved into mechanical and kinetic arts, using his works in 2d and performance art settings.

From Baileybots, Marco’s website

Today, his work stands for a distinctive connection with our surrounding nature and all it’s organisms. Baileybots organisms are a link of numerical produced parts and handicraft. This process of linking is a key factor in his artistic practice.

The want to create life out of dead matter reminisces of the alchemists and inventors of past times. It’s this quality combined with current production techniques which makes it exciting and innovative.

It reflects the view of the maker, his attitude towards the global ecological situation, and life. The use of scrap metal is a telling example. The are clear undercurrents in his work, commenting on the current relation between man and animal.

If we get lucky, we’ll see some of Marco’s art at RoboGames 2012!

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