Mexican street artist Kidghe completed recently one of his biggest murals to date in Mexico City, a 78 meters high piece painted on one of the lateral walls of the the Secretariat of Housing and Urban Development (SEDUVI) in charge of the city’s development.
According to the artist, the idea behind the mural is to understand the city as a set of signs and meanings that give forms and gestures a particular identity. Seen from different views, both from the ground and the air are these peculiar characteristics that reconstruct the real and imagined territoriality of the city.
“Entendiendo la ciudad como un conjunto de signos y significados que dan identidad a formas y gestos, donde la capa sobre capa de este fenómeno moldea el cuerpo óseo del asentamiento.Se mira desde la proximidad y su lejanía, a nivel de banqueta o en vista de pájaro.En todas estas dimensiones y sentidos, es donde anhelamos contribuir en la reconstrucción de esa territorialidad entendida como ciudad, ya sea de forma real o pictórica.¨ – Kidghe.
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
