As with any object placed in a natural outdoor environment the underwater landscape will emphasise the various light changes and prevailing weather conditions.  The cement finish and chemical composition will be scientifically formulated to promote the colonization of corals and marine life, thereby creating an organic, evolving work of art and re-juvenating the marine environment.   As the sculptures are transformed by their underwater habitat, they will be marked by the surrounding environment, echoing how we as children are affected and transformed by our surroundings. The sculptures will constitute and represent process, chance, and organic transformation.
The aim of this project is to portray how time, circumstance and surroundings are inscribed in the physical body.  Using young children for the artwork is intended to highlight the capacity of humans to adapt to their environment but also to bring to attention the importance of attending to the future of that environment.  Having globally lost around 40% of our coral reef systems already and scientists predicting a significant demise by the end of the century, the artwork will embody these issues. The constant flux of the marine environment on the sculptures mirrors the vicissitudes of our own lives.
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