The goal of the figure is for people to be aware that “their actions can sink us or keep us afloat,” Ruben Orozco told a Spanish news site, the The Sun reported.
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Each day as the tides rise and fall, the 264-pound, fiberglass figure gets submerged and uncovered by the water, and according to The Sun, BBK said this is an example of what could be “if we continue to bet on unsustainable models.”
But residents awoke the following day in shock and confusion after the statue was taken by boat and lower into the water in the middle of the night without anyone knowing. Most reactions have been the opposite.
An onlooker told Reuters, “At first it gave me a feeling of stress, when more of the face was out of the water, but now to me she communicates sadness, a lot of sadness. She doesn’t even look worried, it’s as if she is letting herself drown.”
This isn’t Orozco’s first time being in the spotlight. Two years ago, he participated in a case study with BBK and created a life-sized statue of a woman sitting alone on a park bench called “Invisible Soledad,” which sparked a lot of debate. 