Rising Tide was part of\nthe hugely successful Totally Thames Festival shown in London last month. This\npart of the collection, put together by an artist taking his first London\ncommission, consisted of four equine sculptures placed on the shores of The\nThames at Nine Elms. Like Gorman’s iron men at Crosby, they were placed looking\nseaward and best visible at low tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However the artist, Jason\ndeCaires Taylor, is better known to me for another project. He is currently\nputting the finishing touches to a project in my home town of Playa Blanca on\nLanzarote. This project is the building of The Museo Atlantico, which will be\nthe first underwater museum in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before I left Rochdale\nI was told that the cost would be prohibitive even of the laying of stones engraved with poetry\nalong the bed of the part of The Roch to be revealed in the town’s current\nproject. Given that response, an underwater museum seems particularly ambitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both the Rising Tide\nexhibits and the work on the Museo Atlantico received amazing press in\nSeptember when images of both works were spread all over the social media. In\nfact my research revealed radio broadcasts, major daily papers and magazines, arts\ntrade press and tv coverage on ITV and BBC as well ABC USA, all of which\nreferenced not only Jason’s Rising Tide exhibition but also his work here on\nLanzarote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jason has been living\non the island since commencing building the Museo Atlantico eighteen months\nago. I have no doubt that the profile enjoyed by Rising Tide will be of great\nbenefit to the island when the work is eventually opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Totally Thames\ninitiative was the brainchild of London Mayor Boris Johnson. He was sent a copy\nof a feature review of the project in Lancelot, the Lanzarote Tourist Guide, to\nwhich he responded personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publicity and Media\nRelations are being handled by Four Colman Gerry, one of the UK’s leading PR\nfirms, who also represent the Man Booker prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The innovation of\nJason’s building of an underwater museum on Lanzarote seems to fit an island\nwith an identity moulded by the late artist Cesar Manrique, as featured\nrecently on these pages. He adored the island of his birth and made his life’s\nwork out of protecting and extolling its natural features, sculpting a shell\naround nature, without altering the original scene, to better present the\ntableau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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