Hospicio Cabañas (Playable Stage for Thunder Hawk)

Hospicio Cabañas (Playable Stage for Thunder Hawk). Flint corn, glue, paper clay, wire mesh, and wood. June 2019.

Hospicio Cabañas (Playable Stage for Thunder Hawk) is a sculptural mosaic of the eponymous hospital complex and orphanage in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was a playable stage in the 1993 arcade hit Super Street Fighter II.

I became interested in the idea of using colorful flint corn kernels to recreate pixel background art from 8-bit and 16-bit video game.

I collaborated with Danza Mexika Tonalxochitl, a community of Mexican indigenous ceremonial dancers from NY and NJ, who chose to bless the finished sculpture.