{"id":6805,"date":"2014-12-29T13:23:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:51","slug":"6805","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=6805","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jason-3.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6805 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor&#8217;s Ocean Atlas&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6806 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jason-3.jpg\" alt=\"jason-3\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jason-3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jason-3-106x80.jpg 106w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jason-3-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>\u00a0<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><p> <div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Installed earlier this month on the western coastline of New Providence in Nassau, Bahamas, <em>Ocean Atlas<\/em>\u00a0is the lastest underwater sculpture by artist Jason deCaires Taylor, known for his pioneering effort to build submerged sculpture parks in oceans around the world. Taylor\u2019s cement figures are constructed with a sustainable pH-neutral material that encourages the growth of coral and other marine wildlife, effectively forming an artificial reef that draws tourists away from diving hotspots in over-stressed areas. Towering 18 feet tall and weighing in at more than 60 tons, <em>Ocean Atlas<\/em> is reportedly the largest sculpture ever deployed underwater. 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 primordial Titan who held up the celestial spheres (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" title=\"Jason deCaires Taylor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2014\/10\/ocean-atlas-a-massive-submerged-girl-carries-the-weight-of-the-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k81odhXg2Lw\" width=\"672\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor&#8217;s &#8220;Ocean Atlas&#8221; depicts a local Bahamian girl carrying the weight of the ocean above her in reference to the Ancient Greek myth of Atlas, the primordial Titan who held up the celestial spheres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anthropocene","category-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6805"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18385,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805\/revisions\/18385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}