Dark Paradise is an ongoing project by Paul Rosero Contreras, based on an artistic and scientific research held out in the Galápagos Islands since 2017. The project brings together marine biologists and artists in a intimate collaboration tackling environmental issues in regards of preserving Life below Water.
This website is dedicated to documentation of Sci-Art expeditions and exhibitions based on its' results: DARK PARADISE CHAPTER I - 2018, Roca Redonda and DARK PARADISE CHAPTER II - 2023, Isabela Island.
After various expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, Dark Paradise focuses on life after climate crisis and proposes hope and resilience by documenting corals adapting to ocean acidification in the depths of an underwater active volcano, as well as supporting a coral reef restoration initiative called Galapagos Reef Revival*.
*Galápagos Reef Revival - a collaborative endeavor, that with research and conservation institutions aim to restore some of the most threatened and diminished coral communities in the Galapagos archipelago.
