2022 Eugenio Rafael Trujillo
Original Fast Food Restaurant Sign, LED Lights,
Fan, Speakers, Sound Shaker, Alloy Steel,
Plexiglass, Small Amp & a Star Flag.
80.01 x 63.5 x 29.21 cm
“31.5 x 25 x 11.5”
A bent and broken fast food restaurant sign that was destroyed by a Hurricane Hortencia in Puerto Rico shows how we integrate real life into our culture using art and music — including hurricanes. This piece springs from the bottom, with a bar that takes on the flow of a wave and is topped with a shape created by nature.
To mimic nature, I incorporated tools including a fan
for the wind, a shaker to mimic the sounds of objects rattling around, a small sound system for the Bomba
(a song), and flashing LED lights for the occasional light one sees after the power fails.