Video: Underwater Sculpture Park by Jason de Caires Taylor
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Would you like to walk in a beautiful park, surrounded by mysterious stone sculptures, some of which lead unusual round dances, others just lie and relax, write letters, ride bicycles, in a word, live a separate life. Interesting? Quite. And what if you were told that this park of marvelous sculptures is located at the bottom of the sea, and in order to see the sea stone inhabitants you need to make a fascinating journey into the magical underwater world?
The world's first underwater sculpture park in Grenada, West Indies is the handiwork of the talented sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor, who received worldwide recognition in 2006 for his unique work. His underwater sculptures are designed to create artificial reefs. His work reflects the ecological processes of the marine environment on the one hand and illustrates the complex relationship between contemporary art and the environment on the other. Sculptural creations carry a hidden message about the need to understand and protect the natural world.
The sculptures are housed in shallow waters for easy access by scuba diving, snorkelling, or on a glass bottom pleasure boat. Viewers are invited to discover and discover the beauty of our underwater planet and appreciate the evolution of the reef.
Jason de Caires Taylor was born in 1974 to an English father and a Guyanese mother. He spent his childhood in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. He graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 1998, studying sculpture and ceramics. He is a qualified diving instructor and underwater naturalist with 14 years of scuba diving experience in various countries.
The process of creating underwater sculptures is fundamentally different from terrestrial sculptures. There are physical and optical conditions to consider. The statues appear twenty-five percent larger under water, with colors distorted because the water refracts sunlight. The aquatic environment allows you to see this world in all the play of its perspectives and colors, this turns the process of simple passive observation into a fascinating exploration.
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