探索穆阿:水下艺术博物馆

探索穆阿:水下艺术博物馆

The Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) is a place where you have to dive into the ocean to discover its beauty and admire the world-famous Great Barrier reef.

水下艺术博物馆(MOUA)是一个你必须潜入海洋去发现它的美丽和欣赏世界闻名的大堡礁的地方。

MOUA has been opened to welcome its first visitors. British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has incorporated environmental arts and practice in his latest artwork on the Great Barrier Reef.

MOUA已经开放欢迎第一批游客。英国雕塑家Jason deCaires Taylor将环境艺术和实践融入到他最新的大堡礁艺术作品中。

An introduction to the MOUA Underwater Museum of Art

穆阿水下艺术博物馆简介

The museum is located on the world-famous Great Barrier Reef, stretching along the northeast coast of Australia, consisting of 3,800 coral reefs and atolls across the Coral Sea. Together, they form the largest living structure on Earth. This is also a world-famous tourist destination, attracting divers, scientists and environmentalists.

博物馆位于世界著名的大堡礁上，绵延于澳大利亚东北海岸，由横跨珊瑚海的3800个珊瑚礁和环礁组成。它们一起形成了地球上最大的生物结构。这里也是世界著名的旅游胜地，吸引着潜水者、科学家和环保人士。

Fine arts has found a new depth - literally - as the Southern Hemisphere's first underwater museum - MOUA welcomes visitors to the exhibition of the Coral Greenhouse in Townsville, Australia in August 2020.

美术已经到达了一个新的深度——确切地说——作为南半球的第一个水下博物馆，MOUA欢迎游客参观2020年8月在澳大利亚汤斯维尔的珊瑚温室展览。

This non-profit work was done over a period of 3 years by British sculptor and environmental expert Jason deCaires Taylor, author of many underwater art works in Mexico, Lanzarote, Bahamas, Grenada...

这项非营利性的工作是由英国雕塑家和环境专家Jason deCaires Taylor历时3年完成的，他在墨西哥、兰萨罗特、巴哈马群岛、格林纳达等地创作了许多水下艺术作品。

Constructed of corrosion-resistant stainless steel and pH-neutral cementitious compounds, the pieces of art also have a n environmental protection role, as the material will help stimulate the growth of natural corals. The sections here offer minimal resistance to wave energy, while providing an ideal surface for filter-eating organisms and fish to congregate. The artist also hopes that the MOUA could be a shelter for animals like sea urchins and octopus.

由耐腐蚀的不锈钢和中性ph胶凝化合物构成，这些艺术品还具有环保的作用，因为这些材料将有助于促进天然珊瑚的生长。这里的部分对海浪能量的阻力最小，同时为滤食生物和鱼类聚集提供了理想的表面。艺术家还希望MOUA能成为海胆和章鱼等动物的庇护所。

Completed last December, the undersea exhibit opens to divers in April 2020. It can be said that this place will evolve from an place for water sports to a special cultural experience unlike anywhere else in the world.

这个海底展览于去年12月完成，并于2020年4月向潜水员开放。可以说，这个地方将从一个水上运动的地方演变为一个特殊的文化体验，不像世界上其他任何地方。

The Coral Greenhouse is just one of the four galleries of MOUA. The Ocean Siren here - the only statue that can be seen on the water from the mainland of Townsville - is a stature depicting a native girl from Wulgurukaba named Takoda Johnson, 4m high. This statue features a system of LED that changes its color based on the water temperature of the Davies Reef, which represents the impact of climate change on ocean temperature, with a blue color indicating safety, while dark red is an important warning.

珊瑚温室只是MOUA的四个画廊之一。这里的海妖是汤斯维尔大陆上唯一能在水面上看到的雕像，是来自乌尔古鲁巴的土著女孩高田·约翰逊的雕像，高4米。这个雕像的特点是一个LED系统，它会根据戴维斯礁的水温改变颜色，代表气候变化对海洋温度的影响，蓝色表示安全，而暗红色表示重要的警告。

The MOUA Underwater Art Museum is expected to generate more than 42 million AUD each year and bring an additional 50,000 visitors to the area annually. Also, underwater museums are becoming more popular around the world. In December 2019, the ‘Living Museums in the Sea’ opened in the Dominican Republic. This museum offers divers a place to view preserved artifacts from shipwrecks.

穆阿水下艺术博物馆预计每年将创造超过4200万澳元的收入，每年将为该地区带来5万名游客。此外，水下博物馆在世界各地越来越受欢迎。2019年12月，“海洋生活博物馆”在多米尼加共和国开放。这个博物馆为潜水员提供了一个观赏沉船文物的地方。

Besides, in Jordan, divers can explore tanks, helicopters and more in the underwater military museum just off the coast of Aqaba. And in Bahrain, a Boeing 747 has been sunk to create an underwater theme park!

此外，在约旦，潜水员可以在亚喀巴海岸附近的水下军事博物馆里探索坦克、直升机和其他东西。在巴林，一架波音747被击沉，用来建造一个水下主题公园!