On the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, there is the only underwater sculpture museum in Europe, the Atlantic Museum, Museo Atlantico, which houses 10 different groups of sculptures and is designed as a huge artificial fish reef in a water depth of 12-14 meters.
For guests who have never dived before, there are professional instructors to explain diving theories and give experience lessons before entering the museum. After diving to the museum entrance, you will follow the guide (or instructor) to follow the tour route. On the way, you will see a sunken "Medusa Raft", which is an accident of migrants trying to cross the border by rubber boat, not far away, a pair of fashionably dressed men and women are taking a selfie against the background; You see long lines of men, women and children trying to reach a new world through a wall as long as the Mexican border. At the end of the museum, you will see a huge circle, made up of countless human bodies, falling heavily in the "new World".
In three years, artist Jason deCaires Taylor created more than 300 sculptures and sank them 12 to 15 meters below the sea floor.
In addition, Taylor's underwater museums are all over the world, including 15 places in Cancun, Mexico, the West Indies, Panama Islands, Cannes, France, among which, the underwater museum located on the coast of Grenada is the first underwater museum in the world, and has been named "one of the 25 wonders of the world" by National Geographic magazine.
The "Museo Atlantico" underwater museum, located in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, opened to the public in March 2016.
Taylor said the concept of the undersea museum is to "open the door to the world," starting with the "MUSA" undersea museum in Cancun, Mexico, and he hopes similar works of art can be extended to the Bahamas and Antilles in the West Indies.
The sculpture is made of special Marine cement, which is 20 times more durable than regular construction cement and impervious to salt water. Low-gravity artworks anchor them to the ocean floor and do not damage Marine ecosystems.
The project aims to preserve nature and trace the dialogue between art and nature by creating artificial reefs and large-scale sculptures to help increase the number of Marine life and the variety of local fish, contributing to reaffirming the existing culture and art on the island.
These works are not only sculptures, but also artificial reefs that can become habitats and breeding places for animals and plants in the sea. Over time, these sculptures become a stronghold for coral growth, attracting fish and establishing new ecosystems, all as a result of the artist's collaboration with nature.
The centerpiece is a large-scale installation, Crossing the Rubicon, which depicts 35 figures walking together towards a 4-meter-high wall with a rectangular door in the center. It means that after a certain stage of development, there is no way to retreat, and you must burn the boat and go on.
"Crossing the Rubicon" is accompanied by a group of giant circular works - human spiral circle, composed of more than 200 human sculptures, with a circle left in the middle for Marine creatures to inhabit. It's a reminder of our vulnerability to the ocean's powerful forces, the oxygen and nutrients we need to survive, and the way it shapes our climate.
The plain face on the statue, the twisting movement of trying to break through the barrier, the shuttle of the fish on the bottom of the sea, and the coral that grows with the climbing time, are strange and strange, it is simply a paradise for divers to explore!
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