Eternal Flame for Scott Burton is a public art commission by Oscar Tuazon for the New York City AIDS Memorial, created in celebration of the Memorial's 10th anniversary. Developed in collaboration with Powerhouse Arts, the project honors artist and designer Scott Burton, whose work blurred the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, and public space.

Drawing from salvaged elements of Burton's final public artwork, originally installed on the Sheepshead Bay fishing piers in 1994 and later damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Tuazon created a new work that both preserves Burton's legacy and reimagines it for a new generation. By incorporating fragments recovered from the original installation, the project establishes a direct physical and material connection between Burton's work and its contemporary interpretation.

Working closely with Tuazon and Powerhouse Arts, our team fabricated the cast bench elements that form a central component of the installation. Our scope included pattern making, mold making, casting, finishing, and the careful incorporation of remnants from Burton's original artwork into the new castings. Through this process, material from the historic work lives on within Tuazon's reimagining, preserving Burton's legacy not only conceptually, but physically.