José Diego Reina's "Laboratorio (Ensayo 1)", executed in oil on canvas in 2021, captures the material remnants of institutional neglect within a Cuban research facility. The composition centers on a long workbench lined with glassware—beakers, flasks, and reagent bottles—arranged in haphazard clusters amid exposed faucets and electrical outlets, suggesting interrupted scientific processes. Foreground elements include wooden chairs bearing inventory labels, such as "130-1/1," positioned at skewed angles around desks strewn with documents, calculators, and discarded containers, while open cabinets reveal sparse interiors and a fallen drawer panel on the floor. The room's tiled ceiling with fluorescent fixtures and large windows admitting diffuse light evoke mid-20th-century modernist architecture, now marked by accumulated dust, spills, and scattered debris that underscore structural and operational decline. Through precise rendering of these details, the work documents the erosion of Cuba's once-functional scientific infrastructure, reflecting broader economic constraints and resource shortages that have compelled the suspension or abandonment of experimental endeavors since the post-Soviet era.