The Seed and the Sea
2019, 150 cm
Exhibition:
- Musée Subaquatique de Marseille in the Mediterranean Sea (Marseille, France)
- Underwater Museum of Art in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, USA)
- City of Nyons
Seeds are vital in nature. It represents the matrix that will produce thousands of trees. What counts in a fruit is the seed, not the flesh. Information is contained within and must be transmitted. Nature is all about transmission. If she embellishes flowers and endows fruits with succulent flesh, it’s so that animals and mankind are attracted to them and disperse the seeds, so that the transmission of vital information can continue. The pulp in a fruit symbolically represents the flesh, and its stone can be seen as the symbol of the Spirit. The former is destined to perish, the latter to endure.
Let’s protect the Spirit of the Sea, passing on its value to future generations so that its matrix can survive and continue to create the marine life we hold so dear.
Davide Galbiati
France 3 report
Marseille Underwater Museum
Plage des Catalans, 13001 Marseille, France
The Musée Subaquatique de Marseille is an underwater space dedicated to art, marine biodiversity and environmental protection. Located 100 m from the Catalans beach and 5 m deep.
43°17.415′ N / 5°21.219 E
Photos Copyright Guillaume Ruoppolo – MSM
Underwater Museum of Art
Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA
The Underwater Museum of Art is the first permanent underwater sculpture garden in the United States. Located in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Walton County, Florida. The museum is 58 feet deep and 0.93 miles from the shore of Grayton Beach State Park.
Photos Copyright Underwater Museum of Art