Are there volcanoes between the city or a city between the volcanoes?

Arte Abierto presents the cross-sectional tour of the exhibition Modern / Mother Nature with Marie-Noëlle Guilbaud: Are there volcanoes between the city or a city between the volcanoes?

The south of Mexico City sits on lava flows from the Xitle volcano, which erupted approximately 1,670 years ago. Now, the remains of lava from this volcano have almost disappeared with urban growth, despite this, many remnants still emerge at UNAM, mainly in the Pedregal de San Ángel Ecological Reserve. This lava, which is now a rocky landscape, sustains an ecosystem that is unique in the world. In this tour of the Modthern Nature exhibition, we will talk about the richness of this geoheritage and its relationship with life in our city.

The Transversal Tours are visits through the Open Art exhibitions with guests from different areas beyond art, to expand the themes and points of reference from other gazes, perspectives, languages and disciplines.

Free admission

Dr. Marie-Noëlle Guilbaud is a Tenured B Researcher in the Department of Volcanology at the UNAM Institute of Geophysics, which she has headed since August 2021. She obtained her PhD from the Open University (England) in 2006 and joined UNAM in April 2010. Since then, she has developed multiple projects related to monogenetic volcanism in Mexico and its importance for geoheritage and the resilience of populations against geological risks.

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