Bahamas Ocean Atlas
Hidden in the bahamas clifton heritage national park is a place like no other ocean atlas is an underwater sculpture by jason decaires taylor.
Bahamas ocean atlas. The artwork depicts a local bahamian girl carrying the weight of the ocean above her in reference to the ancient greek myth of atlas the titan who held up the heavens. It stands 5 metres off the seafloor and weighs more than 60 tons. Over coffee one morning during our month in bahamas we found something to do that nobody had talked about yet.
The giant structure was made by jason decaires taylor an. Ocean atlas sits on the western coastline of new providence in nassau bahamas. For his latest installation ocean atlas jason decaires taylor teamed up with breef the bahamas reef environment educational foundation to bring attention to the issue of coral degradation overfishing global warming and water pollution in our oceans.
Full independence came july 10 1973. Tall and weighing 60 tons she is positioned to appear as if she has the weight of the ocean on her shoulders. Ocean atlas snorkel lunch.
Since that day the bahamas have moved forward into prosperity. Then in 1964 the islands were granted some levels of internal self governing. Sculpted by jason de caires taylor standing 18 ft.
It is currently the largest underwater statue in the world. His latest project called ocean atlas saw him submerge an 18 foot tall 60 tonne statue of a girl in the seas off the coast of nassau in the bahamas. It reaches five.
Ocean atlas is the largest single sculpture ever to be deployed underwater. Just off the coast of new providence jason decaires taylor s ocean atlas is a 60 ton 18 foot tall statue of a young. Ocean atlas is an underwater sculpture by jason decaires taylor that stands 5 metres off the seafloor and weighs more than 60 tons.
Unfortunately too few have seen it yet. An 18 foot 5 5 meters 60 ton statue called ocean atlas was recently installed underwater off the coast of nassau in the bahamas. Soon liberated african slaves dominated the population of the bahamas.
Through the mid 20th century the british remained in control. The design of a young woman hunched over much like titan atlas holding the world. In the breef sir nichollas nuttall coral reef sculpture garden we found many man made reef balls statues and natural reefs with fish etc.
Rather ocean atlas commissioned by breef bahamas reef environment educational foundation is a young bahamian girl sustaining the ceiling of the ocean taylor s website explains as.
