The Silent Evolution: 400 statues, 9m under the sea, off the coast of Cancun/Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
The work of Jason de Caires Taylor is awe inspiring! I read about this underwater marvel when it was installed late last year and can't get enough of it's genius and artistry. The philosophy behind this massive installation is layered, but one central idea is, by providing a 'man-made' alternative coral reef, to decrease the pressure placed on the natural reef systems by the thousands of tourists who visit the area.
The installation is located in the in the National Marine Park of Cancún, and is the first project of a new underwater museum called, MUSA, or Museo Subacuatio de Arte. The artist, Mexico-based British sculptor, Jason de Caires Taylor, used body casts of local residents to create the figures - talk about 'embodied symbolism'.
See the before and after images below. One day the statues will be so completely covered in coral they'll be totally unrecognisable...
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