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Eerie underwater sculpture finished in Caribbean
If you go diving off Isla Mujeres near Cancun, Mexico, you'll see more than the usual coral reefs and colorful tropical fish. You'll see a ghostly crowd of people standing on the bottom of the sea.
Silent Evolution is the creation of Jason de Caires Taylor, who specializes in underwater sculptures cast from real people. Taylor uses inert, PH-neutral concrete that doesn't pollute the water. The figures attract sea life and become platforms for coral and other marine creatures. With coral reefs on the decline around the world, a little extra help from artists can come in handy. Check out the gallery below to see how life begins to grow on the figures, transforming them from realistic replicas of living people into something alien and a bit spooky.
Taylor took eight months to install the sculptures in a big crowd of talking, walking, and thinking people. The exhibition encourages repeat visits to see how "sea change" transforms the art into a living ecozone.
Gallery: Underwater Sculpture
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Scuba Diving, Mexico, News, Central America, Caribbean
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
KC Nov 3rd 2010 11:53AM
This is sweet! I wish we could rebuild all the reefs. I would love to see lots of this off FtLauderdale.
Jamie Nov 4th 2010 10:15AM
My eyes see the art in this work, But it also see the that , the vast majority of Figures look like Black People. Is this where his eye see our race at the bottom of the sea. It is said that some beleive that man came from the sea.?????
clarissa49 Nov 3rd 2010 11:39PM
Perhaps some day people will wonder what the purpose of this sculpture was as many for years have studied similar works like Stonehenge.
Allie Nov 4th 2010 1:37AM
I could definitely seeing people of the future wondering if this was some sort of Atlantis type occurrence, or if mankind all turned to stone, or how and why all these statues were placed underwater -- if bodies of water the statutes are in even still exist at that time.