Grenada's underwater sculpture park
In 2004, Jason deCaires Taylor built the worlds first underwater gallery in Grenada
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In 2004 Jason deCaires Taylor started building the world's first underwater gallery.
He wanted to attract divers away from fragile coral reefs, so he submerged life-sized, human cement models in the Caribbean Sea.
Within a few days the art was covered in purple and blue sponges, orange fire coral and green algae... and was even home to a few octopuses.
Nineteen years later, Jason tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty about his memories of building the park.
Archive Credit: Grenada Broadcasting Network.
(Photo: ‘Viscissitudes’ - A sculpture installed in Grenada. Credit: Jason deCaires Taylor)