Video: Unique underwater sculptures by Jason de Cayres Taylor
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 02:10
While mythologists and sympathizers are busy searching for the mythical Atlantis, the talented sculptor Jason de Cayres Taylor creates his cities under water. In August last year, he started another ambitious project - "Silent Evolution" ("La Evolucion Silenciosa").
This monumental sculptural installation will be installed in several "halls" in The National Marine Park of Cancun in Mexico.
With the help of 120 tons of special cement, the sculptor wants to create 200 figures of people: young and old, men and women, archaic and modern. The sculptures will show the changes in the physical and social appearance of generations of people, from the Mayan civilization to the modern cosmopolitan society.
After the work of the builders, biologists and engineers is complete, the sculptures will be taken up by the marine life that will begin to populate the man-made city. This process is part of the idea of the author, who wants to show viewers that with the flourishing of science and technology, we have moved too far away from nature, forgetting how much we owe it to her. At the moment, only the first of the three stages of the installation has been completed, the completion of which is scheduled for the end of this year.
In addition to Silent Evolution, Jason de Cayres Taylor already has five underwater projects in different parts of the world, each of which expresses a certain idea of the author in an unexpected and exciting way. For these works, the sculptor received well-deserved international recognition and took a prominent place in the world of modern sculpture.
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