NATIONAL DEVOTION - MAP MUSEUM

In the Monthly Hall of the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP), the installation National Devotion by Mexican artist YUNUENE is presented. It is an immersive installation that explores the relationship between collective identity, artisanal tradition, and football passion in Mexico. Its goal is to create a space where the audience can emotionally recognize themselves through symbols deeply rooted in Mexican culture, using contemporary art as a bridge between tradition, innovation, and shared experience.

The main piece consists of a large hand-embroidered textile, inspired by the visual language of traditional Mexican embroidery. Its design proposes a reading of football as a contemporary ritual capable of generating community, belonging, and collective memory. The composition represents the unfolded plane of a football, and when viewed from the front, reveals the shape of a cross, creating a symbolic link between faith, emotion, and popular devotion.

The installation integrates various disciplines and technologies to build a sensory and participatory experience: Hand embroidery in collaboration with women embroiderers from San Jerónimo, painting and textile intervention, sound environment, augmented reality.

All of this transforms the exhibition space into a contemplative and festive environment, where tradition and modernity engage in dialogue.

National Devotion celebrates Mexican creativity, the strength of football as a social phenomenon, and the ability of art to generate community and shared memory. It is a proposal that connects cultural heritage, technological innovation, and collective emotion.