Lewis deSoto, The Sound of the Trumpet, installation, 1996, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX from din joy Watch Video
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Description: “The engine is a 427 cubic inch General Motors V8 which has between 520 and 600 horsepower.We bolt the thing down in the space on a special stand with neoprene mounts in the concrete.Three days of plumbing, sending exhaust, coolant out and gasoline in through the exterior wall and we are ready.The engine starts.The thunder that we were afraid would overcome us does not.We start tuning the instrument so that the crackling exhaust, glowing hot headers and the roar of recipricating mass
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