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UNIVERSITY CULTURAL CENTER The center began its operations in 1976, with the opening of the Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall. Since then it has been a cultural and artistic reference point, offering throughout its various precincts a wide variety of activities for the university community and the general public. The work developed here is responsibility of the Cultural Diffusion Coordination that aims to extend the reach of cultural goods and services to the university community and the general public. Cultural venues in this compound are comprised by: Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall, Carlos Chávez Hall, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Forum, Theatre University Center, Miguel Covarrubias Dance Hall, Julio Bracho, José Revueltas and Carlos Monsiváis Film Theatres, as well as the University Contemporary Art Museum, all venues, starting points and crossroads for a wide variety of artistic and cultural proposals. In its open areas the visitor will enjoy the visual, tactile and integration experience in the walkable space formed by the Sculpture Walk, the Sculpture Space and the Pedregal Serpents. NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO Dr. Enrique Luis Graue Wiechers Rector Dr. Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas General Secretary Ing. Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez Administrative Secretary Dr. Alberto Ken Oyama Nakagawa Secretary for Institutional Development Dr. César Iván Astudillo Reyes Secretary for Community Services Dra. Mónica González Contró General Attorney DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS Dr. Jorge Luis Volpi Escalante Coordinator Arq. José Luis Montaño Maldonado General Manager of Cultural Venues Mtra. Susana Bautista Cruz Head of University Cultural Center Guided Tours Lic. Pamela García Maldonado Assistant of University Cultural Center Guided Tours GUIDED TOURS The University Cultural Center is a place worth visiting and offers the possibility through our guided tours of allowing you to see beyond what all visitors capture at first sight. This is a pleasurable learning experience where one can assess the National University’s inclination as “a seed of humanism and wisdom”. Tours are available for school groups, general public, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Information: 5622 7008 // [email protected] Insurgentes Sur 3000, Ciudad Universitaria facebook.com/visitasguiadas.ccuunam facebook.com/CulturaUNAM @CulturaUNAM VARIANTE DE LA LLAVE DE KEPLER (VARIATION ON KEPLER’S KEY) 1980 / Painted steel 2.00 x 2.00 x 4.00 meters. Manuel Felguérez (1928) Has been a professor at the National School of Plastic Arts. His work, inspired by constructivist schools, captures his interest in science and technology. Steel piece painted in orange, black and gray. Created to reference the ideas of Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, about planetary movements, the elements of the piece generate a complex set of interlocking shapes, as if exposing the mechanics of the universe through geometric synthesis. CÓATL (SERPENT) 1980/ Painted steel girder 4.00 x 4.00 x 15.00 meters. Helen Escobedo (1934-2010) Mexican sculptor involved in managing the University’s museums during the decades of the 60’s and 70’s. Helen Escobedo’s work reflects her interest in plastic integration between the piece and the urban environment. Piece composed by a succession of steel frames rotating around each other, while changing color. The piece turns from yellow to red, supported by a reinforced concrete base. CORONAL DEL PEDREGAL (PEDREGAL CROWN) 1980 / Painted steel 6.00 x 4.00 x 12.00 meters. Mathias Goeritz (1915-1990) German-born sculptor naturalized Mexican. Creator of El Eco Experimental Museum and forerunner of urban sculpture in Mexico. Piece composed by five triangular prisms forming a crown, vertices extended upwards. An allegory of the vegetation in the semi- desert ecosystem where the Sculpture Walk is inscribed. SCULPTURE SPACE A collective work of circular base formed by 64 triangular prisms framing a large area of petrified lava. This space has been a magnificent natural setting for various music and dance performances. Access is through the Mario de la Cueva Circuit. PEDREGAL SERPENTS In the transition zone between the Cultural Center and the humanities research area, visitors will find a piece in volcanic rock by Federico Silva, fully integrated to the topography and landscape. Here, architecture, sculpture and nature can be appreciated and enjoyed in a fortunate synthesis. UNIVERSITY CULTURAL CENTER GUIDED TOURS 1 MUAC Museum // 2 Covered parking area // 3 Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall // 4 Nezahualcóyotl Hall ticket office // 5 Music Direction // 6 Theatre University Center // 7 José Revueltas Film Theatre // 8 Julio Bracho Film Theatre // 9 Carlos Monsiváis Film Theatre // 10 Cultural Diffusion Coordination // 11 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Forum // 12 Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre // 13 Julio Torri Bookstore // 14 Azul y Oro coffee shop // 15 Carlos Chávez Hall // 16 Miguel Covarrubias Dance Hall // 17 Dance Direction 18 Theatre Direction // 19 Parking area 3 // 20 Parking area 4 21 Sculpture Walk Photos: Barry Domínguez and Ricardo Torres
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UNIVERSITY CULTURAL CENTER
The center began its operations in 1976, with the opening of the Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall. Since then it has been a cultural and artistic reference point, offering throughout its various precincts a wide variety of activities for the university community and the general public.
The work developed here is responsibility of the Cultural Diffusion Coordination that aims to extend the reach of cultural goods and services to the university community and the general public.
Cultural venues in this compound are comprised by: Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall, Carlos Chávez Hall, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Forum, Theatre University Center, Miguel Covarrubias Dance Hall, Julio Bracho, José Revueltas and Carlos Monsiváis Film Theatres, as well as the University Contemporary Art Museum, all venues, starting points and crossroads for a wide variety of artistic and cultural proposals.
In its open areas the visitor will enjoy the visual, tactile and integration experience in the walkable space formed by the Sculpture Walk, the Sculpture Space and the Pedregal Serpents.
NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO
Dr. Enrique Luis Graue WiechersRector
Dr. Leonardo Lomelí VanegasGeneral Secretary
Ing. Leopoldo Silva GutiérrezAdministrative Secretary
Dr. Alberto Ken Oyama NakagawaSecretary for Institutional Development
Dr. César Iván Astudillo ReyesSecretary for Community Services
Dra. Mónica González ContróGeneral Attorney
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Dr. Jorge Luis Volpi EscalanteCoordinator
Arq. José Luis Montaño MaldonadoGeneral Manager of Cultural Venues
Mtra. Susana Bautista CruzHead of University Cultural Center Guided Tours
Lic. Pamela García Maldonado
Assistant of University Cultural Center Guided Tours
GUIDED TOURS The University Cultural Center is a place worth visiting and offers the possibility through our guided tours of
allowing you to see beyond what all visitors capture at first sight. This is a pleasurable learning experience where
one can assess the National University’s inclination as “a seed of humanism and wisdom”.
Tours are available for school groups, general public, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Information: 5622 7008 // [email protected] Insurgentes Sur 3000, Ciudad Universitaria
facebook.com/visitasguiadas.ccuunam facebook.com/CulturaUNAM
@CulturaUNAM
VARIANTE DE LA LLAVE DE KEpLER (VARIATION ON KEpLER’S KEY)1980 / Painted steel 2.00 x 2.00 x 4.00 meters.Manuel Felguérez (1928) Has been a professor at the National School of Plastic Arts. His work, inspired by constructivist schools, captures his interest in science and technology.
Steel piece painted in orange, black and gray.Created to reference the ideas of Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, about planetary movements, the elements of the piece generate a complex set of interlocking shapes, as if exposing the mechanics of the universe through geometric synthesis.
CóATL (SERpENT)1980/ Painted steel girder 4.00 x 4.00 x 15.00 meters.Helen Escobedo (1934-2010) Mexican sculptor involved in managing the University’s museums during the decades of the 60’s and 70’s. Helen Escobedo’s work reflects her interest in plastic integration between the piece and the urban environment.
Piece composed by a succession of steel frames rotating around each other, while changing color. The piece turns from yellow to red, supported by a reinforced concrete base.
CORONAL DEL pEDREGAL (pEDREGAL CROwN)1980 / Painted steel 6.00 x 4.00 x 12.00 meters.Mathias Goeritz (1915-1990) German-born sculptor naturalized Mexican. Creator of El Eco Experimental Museum and forerunner of urban sculpture in Mexico.
Piece composed by five triangular prisms forming a crown, vertices extended upwards. An allegory of the vegetation in the semi-desert ecosystem where the Sculpture Walk is inscribed.
SCULpTURE SpACE
A collective work of circular base formed by 64 triangular prisms framing a large area of petrified lava. This space has been a magnificent natural setting for various music and dance performances. Access is through the Mario de la Cueva Circuit.
pEDREGAL SERpENTS
In the transition zone between the Cultural Center and the humanities research area, visitors will find a piece in volcanic rock by Federico Silva, fully integrated to the topography and landscape.Here, architecture, sculpture and nature can be appreciated and enjoyed in a fortunate synthesis.
UNIVERSITY CULTURAL CENTERGUIDED TOURS
1 MUAC Museum // 2 Covered parking area // 3 Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall // 4 Nezahualcóyotl Hall ticket office // 5 Music Direction // 6 Theatre University Center // 7 José Revueltas Film Theatre // 8 Julio Bracho Film Theatre // 9 Carlos Monsiváis Film Theatre // 10 Cultural Diffusion Coordination // 11 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Forum // 12 Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre // 13 Julio Torri Bookstore // 14 Azul y Oro coffee shop // 15 Carlos Chávez Hall // 16 Miguel Covarrubias Dance Hall // 17 Dance Direction 18 Theatre Direction // 19 Parking area 3 // 20 Parking area 4 21 Sculpture Walk
Photos: Barry Domínguez and Ricardo Torres
This hall was opened on December 30, 1976. It is a remarkable building, by the Works and Conservation General Direction, headed by engineer Francisco De Pablo Galán and Project Manager, architect Orso Nuñez, in collaboration with acoustics expert Christopher Jaffe. It is home to the UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra, with a capacity for 2177 spectators and has a prominent place among the best concert halls in Latin America. Its name pays tribute to the poet, Lord of Texcoco, whose words are considered the best of the Náhuatl lyrical poetry, the musical expression of thought among ancient Mexicans.
NEZAHUALCóYOTL Concert Hall
CARLOS CHÁVEZ Hall
Located at the northern end of the cultural center, this hall was designed for listening to chamber music in the best conditions possible and has a capacity for 171 spectators. Its features also make it an adequate space for book presentations, lectures, courses and, activities in which dialogue and closeness between audience and stage are fundamental. Its name pays tribute to the great Mexican composer, pianist and conductor whose symphonic and chamber works are recognized as a fundamental part of musical nationalism.
JUAN RUIZ DE ALARCóN Theatre
This precinct has been designed and it’s been equipped with features that allow classic or avant-garde theater stagings in the best possible conditions. Its design is “Italian” style and it has a capacity for 446 spectators.Its name pays tribute to the ingenuity of New Spanish playwrighter, author of great pieces such as Walls Have Ears and The Suspicious Truth, which have earned him a prominent place in world theatre.
SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ Forum
THEATER UNIVERSITY CENTER (CUT)
This forum is dedicated to theatrical experimentation. It’s a vertical space divided into four levels, with a scenic layout that gives it great versatility for stagings. Its capacity varies from 50 to 150 spectators. Its name pays tribute to the New Spanish woman who devoted her life to writing, defying all convention with her lively attitude, and whose work is recognized as one of the most remarkable in Spanish American literature.
School dedicated to the training of actors and theater directors. It has several rooms for teaching classes and workshops, as well as a forum with a capacity for 80 spectators.In its annexed facilities it has a library, two rehearsal rooms and a black box theatre. The CUT is recognized as one of the hotbeds of the most prestigious and professional stage talent in the country.
MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS Dance Hall
It shares the building which houses the Carlos Chávez Hall and it’s a space created specifically for the presentation of dance performances of diverse genres. It has a capacity for 691 spectators and is venue to several university dance groups. Its name pays tribute to a man whose creativity and interests included cartoon, literature, ethnology, and set design for dance.
UNIVERSITY CONTEMpORARY ART MUSEUM (MUAC)
Located in the center’s front esplanade, from its opening in November 2008, it is the building that welcomes visitors coming from Insurgentes Avenue. This building designed by architect Teodoro González de León, houses the largest public collection of contemporary art in Mexico. Its program of temporary exhibitions is renewed in two annual cycles, and adds to the vocation of this space as a driver both for knowledge, as well as aesthetic appreciation and enjoyment of contemporary art.The MUAC is a major effort that renews and expands the possibilities of university cultural infrastructure.
JULIO BRACHO, JOSÉ REVUELTASand CARLOS MONSIVÁIS Film Theatres
The Film Unit was enriched by the reconfiguration of its space in order to house three film theaters, which were equipped with modern projection and sound equipment. These film theaters represent the forefront of quality cinema exhibition since opening in the early eighties. They have a capacity for 161 spectators, for 60 and for 54 respectively. Its programming seeks to offer visitors various options to expand the referents of filmmaking in and out of Mexico. Its names pay tribute to one of the most prominent Mexican filmmakers, a writer whose work reconciles national cinema and reality, and a chronicler of Mexican life who devoted several of his best works to film art.
JULIO TORRI Bookshop
It is located next to the fountain in the main square and offers visitors over four thousand titles of several national and foreign publishers.It has a space dedicated to children and youth’s literature. On the top floor of this library is the Azul y Oro coffee shop.
SCULpTURES wALK
It is a corridor connecting the artistic precincts with the Library Unit. It consists of six large abstract sculptures made of stone, metal and concrete.
CóLOTL (SCORpIO)1978 / Welded and painted steel 6.00 x 6.00 x 10.00 meters.Sebastián (México, 1947) Based his work on the principles of kinetic art. His constructivist vocation is captured by pieces that transform and unfold. He is a sculptor passionate for crystallography analysis and topography.
A piece made of steel, painted in blue. It holds its enormous weight only on the lower body vertices, so it looks balanced. Its name means scorpion in Náhuatl.
AVE DOS (BIRD TwO) 1980 / Painted ferrocement 14.00 x 7.00 x 8.00 meters.Hersúa (México, 1940) His work is called geometric environmentalism. The work depends on spectator participation making it a live part of the creative process.
Piece composed by the combination of five semi cubes comprising two bodies at unstable equilibrium giving the appearance of motion. It is painted orange on the outside and bright red on the inside. Its unstable geometrism invites one to discover new perspectives from different standpoints, giving different interpretations from each of the cardinal points.
OCHO CONEJO (EIGHT RABBIT)1980 / Reinforced and painted concrete 5.00 x 4.00 x 10.00 meters.Federico Silva (1923) UNAM Professor since 1973. In 1977 he designed the Sculpture Space project with the support of Jorge Carpizo PhD, Humanities Coordinator of the University, becoming the orchestrator of the group of artists for the project.
Piece forged in reinforced concrete. It has two triangular bases that support a horizontal element that rises above the vegetation. It is a tribute to fertility as suggested by both its name and its symbolic phallic elements.
