Artists Discover the Secret of Atlantis
Jason de Caires Taylor has sunk four installations in a monumental subaquatic museum in Mexico.
Jason de Caires Taylor creates underwater sculptures, and currently has four sunken installations at the MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte), a monumental underwater museum in Cancun, Mexico. Given that the underwater environment is so different to being land, optical illusions and kaleidoscopic effects occur turning the visual into the magical. Taylor creates his sculptures on dry land and then places them on the ocean floor, forming an ever-changing Atlantis with his artwork.
As his website states, 'Taylor’s interventions explore the intricate relationships that exist between art and environment. His works become artificial reefs, attracting marine life, while offering the viewer privileged temporal encounters.'
The museum is one to keep an eye on given that it's one of a kind. Promoting natural reef preservation by attracting visitors to the sculptures is only one way it promotes underwater rehabilitation. All of the sculptures are made from materials which encourage coral life and provide a coral reef structure to inhabit marine life.
Perhaps next year's Sculpture by the Sea might evolve to include sculptures in the sea.
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