Just opened to the scuba diving-and-snorkeling public, the fantastic collection is the initial phase of a project created by the renowned, visionary British underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, for whom the ocean floors have become an exhibition space to house his enigmatic sculptures — commentaries on the transience of human existence, our relationship with nature, the power of the sea and its capacity for regeneration.
His life-size stone figures, attached to the sea floor with a special cement mix that draws ocean life to develop around them, are “tales of the world, reflections on climate change and habitat loss based on real-life characters, their stories and their relationship with the environment,” as Taylor explains in a TED talk.
Watch a video of the museum below:
Under the sea selfies, Taylor’s commentary on mass tourism and its effects. Photo: Jason deCaires Taylor
The Rubicon, in the Museo Atlantico, consists of 35 figures walking toward a gate the sculptor calls “a portal to another world.” Photo: Jason deCaires Taylor
