The 300 sculptures are ready
Located about 12 meters deep on the south coast of Lanzarote, in the Bay of Las Coloradas, the Museo Atlántico occupies an area of 2,500 square meters. In her, the 300 sculptures are distributed among which visitors who dare to discover them while snorkeling or diving can swim , they explain on the museum's website.
With them, the British Jason deCaires Taylor portrays the residents of the area, who have served as models for the figures, in everyday poses: carrying suitcases, hugging their partners and looking at their mobiles, for example, in an attempt to make survive in the sea the life that takes place on land.
However, the author has also wanted to portray the tragedies that occur in the confines of the ocean, for which he has modeled a patera reaching the Spanish coast, that perishes under the waters. To this first and thoughtful set that began to be placed in early 2016 under the name _The Rubicon -_by the time that Julius Caesar, without authorization from the Senate, crosses the Rubicon River with his legions, marking the border between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul - were added throughout the year the remaining sculptures until reaching 300. They all head towards the same point: the threshold that separates the Atlantic from the surface of the museum.
The residents of Lanzarote living underwater
Of course, the materials with which the sculptures are created are ecological. In fact, even contribute to the creation of coral reefs , as happens with the rest of the abyssal works of this author -one built on the Caribbean island of Granada and another in Cancun, Mexico-. Thus, also in the Atlantic Museum nature will end up merging with the work until it disappears, which, presumably, will happen in 300 years.
* This article was initially published on February 08, 2016. It has been updated with information regarding the inauguration with the 300 sculptures already completed.
'Lampedusa', the raft that never reached its destination
One of DeCaires sculptures in Cancun, merging with nature and the sea