Froehlicher Toucan is a large scale installation created by Portuguese visual artist Bordalo II in Berlin, Germany. The ‘trashart’ sculpture is composed entirely of discarded materials. Car bumpers, tires, hoods and hubcaps, a bicycle frame, an ironing board, even a mirrorless disco ball were amongst items salvaged to give the Toucan its shape.
Froehlicher Toucan was conceived and executed in less than 72 hours, including the sourcing of materials on the Berlin outskirts.
The piece is part of Bordalo II's Trash Animals series—a set of sculptures designed to raise awareness regarding the environmental impact of human excess. Animals are used as the subject to represent a facet of the natural world being impacted and displaced by modern day waste.
The work spans the facade of three stacked shipping containers on display in the courtyard at Urban Spree—an 18,000+ sq. ft postindustrial space devoted to urban art in the heart of Berlin.
Froelicher Toucan was produced by COlabs, an LA-based production company committed to promoting sustainable initiatives through multi-platformed artistic collaboration. For further information on the project, click here.
