UNDERWATER FLYING

An extraordinary radio-controlled airship exquisitely replicates the movements of fish.

There are few things more majestic in nature than the sight of a shark in the open ocean, alone in an expanse of royal blue. In this pelagic desert, no human can survive alone. But for the shark, this is its environment. Its body seems not to move at all as it glides eerily through the deep, one lazy sweep of its broad tail enough to propel it in the direction of its next meal.

Somehow, a new airship sculpture created by LaChLuVe, ‘Ostraciform’, manages to recreate the supreme lope of a fish moving through water. It’s remarkable, beautiful and poetic. Every detail is there, from the little shake and shuffle required to get the thing moving in the first place, to the long, sweeping turns before it begins its journey back. It’s a radio controlled shark. Check it out...