Silent but eloquent figures on the ocean floor

There are many museums in the world where masterpieces of art are exhibited. They are visited by a variety of people, but this underwater museum near the island of Lanzarote in the Canaries can only be seen by the most prepared! Website It shows the extraordinary sculptures that Jason Taylor created to show our modern life.

The museum is located at a depth of 14 meters, so it requires scuba diving skills .

The museum is designed to show the connection between art and nature



Inside the underwater museum, the sculptures are grouped into three main themes: global climate change, conservation and human migration



The largest installation is called the Point of No Return. Here are 40 sculptures that "move" to the high barrier



The sculptures reflect modern society: someone stumbled into a smartphone, someone takes a selfie, someone just walks, closing their eyes



So Jason Taylor decided to show the problem of global climate change on Earth, which leads to a point where there is no return to what was .



This is what the sculptures looked like before they were installed in Atlantico



In addition to human sculptures, plants are also installed in Atlantico.



One sculpture shows two businessmen on a children's swing



Jason Taylor created it to show that big corporations don’t care about nature. The swing looks like an oil rig. Oil business causes a lot of damage to the environment



This sculpture is called “The Raft of Lampedusa” and shows a sunken boat with migrants



Most sculptures were made with the participation of real people



The process of creating the sculpture "Immortal"



It depicts a man on a funeral pyre



The sculpture "Human Cycle" was created from 200 figures of people who reflect a variety of social strata and age groups .



Visitors to the Atlantico Museum note that the problems of the relationship of mankind to the environment are perfectly shown here



via factroom.ru