Thursday, November 21, 2013
Here’s Lady Gaga in a Flying Dress Because Okay, Sure
Geekosystem: We might not have commercially available jetpacks just yet, but of course that hasn’t stopped Lady Gaga from deciding that she needs an extra-fashionable version of one for her very own. Meet Volantis, the flying dress that we’re pretty sure she named after the place that Robb Stark’s wife is from in Game of Thrones. You can’t convince us otherwise.
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Oh look lady gaga finally found some fans
(sean's comment actually made me laugh out loud)
I'm not exactly sure if this qualifies as a "dress," since it seems to be a plastic bodyform attached to 6 giant fans, with no way of actually moving inside of it, but I guess Lady Gaga isn't much into traditional clothing anyway. I'm really curious as to who is controlling the dress/machine/hovercraft, since it doesn't seem to be Lady Gaga (she doesnt look like she's moving at all. I'd also like to know exactly what propels it forward. It flies at a slight slant forward, but it doesn't seem like that would be strong enough to push it forward quickly. It also doesn't look very stable at all- the flying is pretty unsteady. It seems like they might have sacrificed some practicality to make it look so cool.
That thing wobbles quite a lot doesn't it . . . However, not sure how well it worked as a publicity stunt, but it is a cool machine. especially being something that a small group within the entertainment industry built themselves.
I think there are two definitions of flight: physical flight and mental flight (freedom and escape). I had recently watched Lady Gaga wear her new flying machine, Volantis, and I was not impressed. She chose physical flight with absolutely no mental flight. Yes, she physically flew, but she was bound to the machine. She was imprisoned and petrified by the machine. It is interesting in that the machine is controlling the human’s actions, but still. Perhaps this is saying something about technology overpowering creativity. I didn’t really find the idea interesting either. After all, do we not see physical flight with planes? Haven’t we seen this before? This is an old idea. We have seen man try to accomplish physical flight for the self in Icarus and Franz Reichelt, both of whom failed to achieve continuous flight. Mental flight has a much deeper meaning. It dives into the human mind, which is already a fragile labyrinth, and releases our inner desires. A desire to escape society’s confinements. A desire to free one’s self and soul. Unfortunately, this is very difficult to show through physical flight. One reason why it is so difficult is that man doesn’t really know what his desires are. His desires are biased and limited to what he knows. How does he know he does not want something he does not know? Another difficulty is transporting your interior thoughts (that is, if you think you have found them) to your exterior figure.
I think flight needs a pulse or at least a breath. When I think of flight, I think of an inhalation after a brief suffocation showing that release and escape. Lady Gaga was trapped. She almost looked like a stone statue with no life at all. She had no breath.
Ok first off I am very glad I actually read the article. I got a strong sense of sarcasm from the article, any one else?
So pretty cool machine! Where are the batteries is what I would like to know. Thinking of the batteries I wonder how long it can run. She did not really move a lot and was she controlling it or was that some one from her production team?
In the end this was really anti climatic for me. I would say I agree with Ms. Coda that I am seen some human float across the floor on a "fly machine" before. O well celebrities and there money what are you going to do? Or do I waste my money in the same way she does? Or course it is only the percentage that would be the same!! Still move on. Have fun GAGA
What a waste of money for what was for me a very unimpressive display. To call that a "flying" machine is pushing it. It looked to me like more of a "barely controlled hover" machine. But it's her money to waste as she sees fit. I also agree with Sarah that it's not much of a dress since it really is just a plastic bodymold attached to the fan assembly. It may have been a cool idea and looked good on paper but things that work on paper don't always work in real life. Also thumbs up to Sean's comment.
I love this article's sass about Lady Gaga. And I would agree I don't this she is aware of any island above 114th street, I wonder what she think the Bronx is. I think this is a really cool show piece, I hope she does more with it because as of now this is more of a, "Hey everyone look at me, I need more attention and money" ploy that Lady Gaga loves. She seems to be trying very hard to be artistic.
Also, she would not have the money to do any of this if she did not have A TON of fans. Just commenting on the first comment of this thread.
There are drawings of flying machines from way back in the ye olde days of flying, when people would strap a bunch of wings on to a bicycle (and then test them out and seriously injure themselves); those things are flying machines. What Lady Gaga was wearing was a dress with a cooling system. I really liked how sassy the article was, even though at times in felt a bit malicious or spiteful, but the best thing was the video. The video was both really surprising and really disappointing. When she first came out I was really surprised by how much clothing she was wearing. After she was strapped into her flying "dress", I went from being surprised to disappointed. The thing did not fly, it hovered. You would think that with the amount of money that Gaga has the final product would have been a bit better (or at least a bit more stable). I would say that this flying dress is pretty flawed, and it should either go back to the drawing board or be called a hover dress.
So, uh... Not too sure what I just watched, to be honest. If there was a point to this video, I obviously failed to catch it. And Sean indeed made me, "lol." And to be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure what Gaga was going for with this whole publicity stunt, I feel like she was doing the same thing as always. Wearing a new "dress" and acting foolishly. Oh well, I'll just let her do her...
Who is controlling the motion of the "dress"? And is it really a dress? Or are we just calling it that? She doesn't seem to get that far off of the ground...or move that fast. given her path of motion, it seems like it might be faster and cheaper to walk. And what door way could accommodate that if she wore it somewhere? Would she leave it "parked" outside? That would make it more like a coat than a dress, right? Because you have to leave it checked at the door....
Wow. I truly dont understand lady gaga. I was secretly hoping that this thing would crash just because i think it would be quite a good lesson for her in some ways . ANd where does she even find these things. It makes me want to just start designing out of my ass in hopes that Gaga will find it and pay me lots of money to wear it once. Also this isn't even a dress. Its a vehicle. This is like me calling a car a dress simply because i strap myself in with a seatbelt. I absolutely love that this article points out how lady gaga is completely clueless to life and how Brooklyn isn't really a trek for anyone. I honestly have never seen anything revolutionary from gaga regarding clothes and i honestly don't understand why she keeps trying.
So first I'd like to say that I'm a huge Lady Gaga fan. I don't like how this article portrayed her, but that's completely beside the point. I think that the machine is really cool... but also a little dull looking. Yes, jetpacks/ hovercrafts are awesome, but I found this way less exciting than I thought it would be. I have the same question as Jason, who exactly controls this? How exactly does it work? How do we know this is safe? This is still a really cool invention but it definitely has ways to go
"I a flying dress....?" I think no. This "costume" is everything but a dress. She calls the event in the video and "art rave" but I did see any art, dancing, or much dance music. The "dress" is a plastic mannequin that has nothing too appealing about it, this thing that could hardly even fly straight was not a dress by any means. Whoever titled this article is wrong, for she is simply hovering across the floor in a white flying machine. How about you make something cool that can actually fly that looks like clothing and not a piece of garbage that looked like it was about to crash. I think this "dress" needs to be redesigned because it doesn't make the cut.
haha Sean!
Anyway, this is so dumb. Lady Gaga is now actually just looking for attention, not even looking, desperately grasping on to anything that might get someone to turn their head. It's pathetic. I used to really love Lady Gaga for just being different and for the clothes she wore. It's weird I used to love her outfits and then when they started getting weirder and weirder, they were just weird to be weird and it became stupid. I wish people did things for themselves and not for the approval or reaction to others. Especially when it comes to art. I don't think people should create something thinking about others reactions. I mean you can say I want to make this shock people before you begin, but I think it's a process that one goes through that makes it art. Taking a dumb looking piece of technology and calling it a dress is not art or being artistic. Someone needs to be slapped.
This is cool and everything, and I know Lady Gaga is very popular for her outrageous costumes and interesting fashion sense, but I honestly think this is too much. It is neat to look at and obviously serves its purpose, but I find it unnecessary and extraneous. It's simply too much. Wanting to wear something that makes you look different or cool is one thing, but when you find a need for a hover suit, you should probably question your priorities. I find this to be a waste of money, no matter how fun it is to look at. The benefits do not outweigh the negatives.
That's not a dress.... I mean it's semi- cool but then when you really look at it, it just looks like a bad college robotics project.
I think Lady Gaga usually does things that are a bit more innovative. It just looked not finished, as if it wasn't stable and I didn't really understand the design of it.
Sure, it can fly, but the effect you get from rigging people up is cooler in my opinion.
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