Pimp My Piragua (2008-2009) is a mobile public art project that commemorates the innovations of Latino street vendors, transforming a traditional pushcart for selling shaved ice (piraguas) into a hyper-modified tricycle-pushcart with a hi-fi sound and video system.

Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua Customized tricycle-pushcart, sound, video, LEDs
Pimp My Piragua
2009
Customized tricycle-pushcart, sound, video, LEDs
Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua Riding with the Classic Riders in the Bushwick Puerto RIcan Day Parade, 2019.
Pimp My Piragua
Riding with the Classic Riders in the Bushwick Puerto RIcan Day Parade, 2019.
photo: Argenis Apolinario
Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua

Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua
Pimp My Piragua, 2009
Bushwick / Brooklyn, NY
Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua
Pimp My Piragua, 2009
Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua
Pimp My Piragua, 2009
Bushwick / Brookyln, NY
Miguel Luciano Pimp My Piragua
Pimp My Piragua, 2009
Knickerbocker Ave, Brookyln, NY