{"id":256,"date":"2015-01-16T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/?p=256"},"modified":"2020-01-14T02:47:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T06:47:51","slug":"ocean-atlas-largest-underwater-sculpture-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/ocean-atlas-largest-underwater-sculpture-in-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf8 Ocean Atlas: Largest Underwater Sculpture in the Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture.jpg\" alt=\"ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Sportalsub.net \/ Scuba Diving Magazine \/\u00a0Jason deCaires Taylor)<\/p>\n<p>Jason deCaires Taylor is no stranger to underwater sculptures, and is known around the world for his amazing installations using pH-neutral concrete that are accessible by swimmers, snorkelers and scuba divers. \u00a0Over time, his sculptures change colors and become covered with coral and biological growth, eventually becoming home to new organisms as artificial reefs.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his most notable work includes <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underwatersculpture.com\/sculptures\/the-silent-evolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">La Evolucion Silenciosa<\/a><\/em> in Cancun (2010) \u2013 the largest underwater collection of art with 403 life-size cement people spread over 420 square meters, and\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underwatersculpture.com\/sculptures\/viccisitudes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vicissitudes<\/a><\/em> in Grenada (2006) &#8211; a ring of 26 children holding hands and facing into the current.<\/p>\n<p>For his latest installation <em>Ocean Atlas<\/em>, Jason deCaires Taylor teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/breef.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BREEF<\/a> \u2013 the\u00a0Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation \u2013 to bring attention to the issue of coral degradation, overfishing, global warming and water pollution in our oceans. \u00a0The design of a young woman hunched over \u2013 much like Titan Atlas holding the world on his back \u2013 symbolically represents the shouldering of the environmental burden we are asking of younger future generations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-sculpture-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-sculpture-2.jpg\" alt=\"ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-sculpture-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-sculpture-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-sculpture-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View this photo gallery of his latest Bahamas installation, along with some of his previous underwater sculptures. For additional information and photos, visit his website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.underwatersculpture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.underwatersculpture.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also check out the video that The Creators Project made about his latest work:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/k81odhXg2Lw?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-block\">Font: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiving.com\/travel\/bahamas\/largest-underwater-sculpture-unveiled-bahamas?dom=fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scuba Diving Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sportalsub.net \/ Scuba Diving Magazine \/\u00a0Jason deCaires Taylor) Jason deCaires Taylor is no stranger to underwater sculptures, and is known around the world for his amazing installations using pH-neutral concrete that are accessible by swimmers, snorkelers and scuba divers. \u00a0Over time, his sculptures change colors and become covered with coral and biological growth, eventually becoming home to new organisms as [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[66,9,38,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bahamas","category-freediving","category-past","category-scuba-diving"],"modified_by":"sportalsub","views":3318,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ocean-atlas-jason-decaires-taylor-nassau-bahamas-004_jason-decaires-taylor_sculpture.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59VZb-48","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93846,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/whats-the-difference-between-snorkeling-and-scuba-diving\/","url_meta":{"origin":256,"position":0},"title":"What\u2019s The Difference Between Snorkeling And Scuba Diving?","author":"sportalsub","date":"January 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Snorkeling and scuba diving are two of the best ways one could get underwater. 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