Tirabuzón en hierro olvidado frente a la playa, Sculpture in Cádiz, Spain
Tirabuzón en hierro olvidado frente a la playa is a cast aluminum sculpture placed on the Plaza de San José in Cádiz, close to the sea. It sits on a plain gray cement pedestal and shows three merging head silhouettes, with a small explanatory plaque at its base.
In 2015, Feafes Andalucía organized a sculpture contest called Mente abierta to raise awareness about mental health and social inclusion. The winning work was installed on the Plaza de San José in 2021, at an inauguration attended by the mayor and local officials.
The sculpture is titled Cabezas y vacíos and shows three flat head silhouettes that merge into one at the back. Depending on where you stand, the empty spaces between the forms shift and change, rewarding a slow walk around it.
The sculpture stands on the Plaza de San José in Cádiz and is easy to reach from the seafront promenade. The square is open at all times, so you can walk around the piece freely and view it from every angle.
The sculpture was made using a lost polystyrene sand-casting technique, in which the mold is destroyed during the casting process. This means no two casts can be made from the same original, so the piece on the plaza is the only one of its kind.
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