diumenge, 21 de febrer del 2016

UNDERWATER MUSEUM

On the 1st of February, work on the Museo Atlántico (Atlantic Museum) started. The Museo Atlántico is going to be the first completely underwater museum in Europe and its location will be Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. The museum will be placed 12 meters underwater and people will be able to visit it doing scuba diving or going underwater with glass bottom boats.


It is going to be made of sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor, a British artist who says that with these sculptures he wanted to reflect the actual situation of the world, with statues of people taking selfies to represent the importance of the technology nowadays, or with statues that represent the syrian refugees, to picture the actual situation and to tribute all those refugees who couldn't survive and whose bodies lay underwater. In general, Taylor says that the sculptures will attract animal and plant life and this is a way to represent the connexion between humans and nature.

Although there were some polemic about the location of the museum, the authorities of Lanzarote are happy with the project and claim it to be something historic, that will allow the island the ability to show the bottom of the sea to the world from a different view, and that will also make the island be a unique tourist destination. 

PERSONAL OPINION:
I find this project very original and cool, and I think it will be attractive for the tourists to visit an underwater museum. Also, I like the fact that Jason deCaires Taylor has decided to include thinks that are important and that are marking the society nowadays, because I think that in some years time, when the people visit the museum, the sculptures are going to look a little bit neglected because being underwater will have damaged them, and visiting old sculptures that represent the past will be kind of travelling to that time.

NEW WORDS:
· Funds: fons d'inversió
· Council: consell
· Strengthens: enforteix


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