Cancun mexico_A submerged museum

Cancun - Mexico An underwater museum

A museum for…nature’s settlement

In Cancun seek for the salvation of nature with a very unconventional artistic strategy: Underwater Sculptures All these artworks will constitute an underwater museum, which aims to preserve the chain of coral growth in Mexico and Caribbean .

An army of concrete figures… waiting for sinking in the sea

In Cancun, an army of human figures are ready for scuba diving…leaving behind the beautiful beach. The sculptures will contribute to the generation of artificial coral reefs.

Art & Nature

Sculptor Jason DeCaires Taylor produced this group of concrete people. In addition he has proposed the construction of a “bridge” between art and environmental preservation.

The project is called “ Silent Evolution ”

“ Silent Evolution ” is inspired by real people, including many Mexicans, who are from different social layers and it will be the main underwater baseline for marine’s life development.

The first indications of the project are optimistic

DeCaires Taylor explains that the anguish for the extinction of coral life is very intense for this Mexican tourist area. The whole effort aims at initiating the responsibility of every person towards the remedy of such an environmental damage, … ” with an optimistic perspective”.

Artwork: “Pot of Hope”

In this museum, located underwater from 2009, the artworks – like “The Man Burning”, “Dream”, “Pot of Hope” (illustrated) and others have been inspired by a fisherman.

Artwork: “Pot of Hope”

The corals will benefit from the chemical composition of cement sculptures, in order to colonize and be reproduced. Over the years the sculptures will be covered by corals of different colors.

The dependence of sculptures and environment is organic

DeCaires Taylor aims to exhibit with this project that as in many building we construct around us, so as here… the human dependence on nature is organic.

All the statues are derived from live models

Among the living models of DeCaires Taylor there are a 85 years old nun, a 3 year old boy, an accountant, a yoga teacher, a student, an acrobat and a BBC journalist.

An artwork of everyday life in physical surroundings

The main group of sculptures, consists of 400 statues, weighing more than 120 tons. These artworks are submerged in Cancun… playing with nature’s rules & desires….

By the end of 2010 will begin the third phase of the project. Taylor DeCaires and his colleagues, the National Marine Park and the Nautical Club of Cancun, will invite more artists to contribute with their artworks in the artistic promotion of the surrounding area too.

Alfred

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Cancun mexico_A submerged museum

by Elena Grammy on Feb 02, 2011

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