Conocimiento y ciencias sociales

Creating a mural at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) doesn't happen every day. In 2017, eleven urban artists had the unusual opportunity to paint works on UNAM walls, invited by the Constructo Urban Art Festival, and thus give way to a new chapter of muralism in this circuit of modern architecture that in the twentieth century brought together works by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan O'Gorman, Benito Messeguer, Mario Omar Falcón, José Chávez Morado, Francisco Eppens Helguera, Federico Silva, Mathías Goeritz and Guillermo Ceniceros. Each mural at this university -declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO- tells the story of a moment in Mexico's history, as well as elements of pre-Hispanic cultures and university life. Inspired by the great Mexican muralism movement and the muralist tradition that still remains on campus walls, Hidrock -an artist, graffiti writer and graphic designer from Mexico City- composed a tribute to knowledge that filled the façade of Building B of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences with life and color. Hidrock's mural has a circular composition that gives a great sense of movement and the passage of time. In the center is an atom guarded by two owls, representing wisdom and duality: the masculine and feminine. Around it revolve objects that refer to sciences such as anthropology, archaeology, psychology and history, as well as pre-Hispanic symbols and gods, which the artist often includes in his works.