Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK)
The Shared Flight (2025)

Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK)  

The Shared Flight (2025)  

Two countries meet in this mural — not from a distance, but through mutual recognition. 

Canada and Mexico intertwine their stories, colors, and roots to imagine futures that are resilient, sustainable, and profoundly human. 

At the center, two eagles — Mexican and Canadian — rise together in a single movement. Different in their flight yet united in spirit, they trace through the air the strength of Indigenous peoples, the freedom to imagine, and the longing for lasting peace. 

Between them, an ear of corn holds the heart of this encounter: a symbol of life, nourishment, and the cultural sovereignty of the Americas. Around it blooms the white trilliums — a native Canadian flower and emblem of Ontario — whose three white petals represent patience, pollination, renewal, and hope. The marigold, guiding us through the cycles between life and death, renewal and constant transformation. 

These three elements converse and dance as if the wind were translating between them the memories of the land and the waters that unite and sustain us. 

With a palette of oranges, greens, and turquoises — the colors of fertile earth, water, and nature — this piece celebrates unity as a profound act of shared care. 

A reminder that our nations recognize one another, stand together, and soar side by side toward new horizons. 

This mural is part of Art You In? — an international movement where art and sustainability come together to reimagine our future. 

Born from the collaboration between Culturans and the New European Bauhaus, Art You In? transforms cities into living canvases for hope, creativity, and collective action. 

It’s a playful, participatory invitation to dream, create, and build better worlds — turning challenges into opportunities, and negative narratives into stories of motivation, inspiration, and change. 

Follow us, get inspired, and join the movement shaping the cities of tomorrow. 

About the Artist: Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK) 

Designer, illustrator, and graffiti writer with 19 years of experience, HIDROCK has developed his own style where organic forms, human and animal figures, and color contrasts dominate. 

His work is part of the Neomexicanism movement, an artistic movement that emerged in Mexico, which reinterprets the country’s popular iconography and cultural identities to generate new visual proposals. 

Originally from the San Juan de Aragón neighborhood in Mexico City, where he was born on November 13th, he showed an early interest in the arts, particularly painting. His academic background includes architecture and a degree in graphic design, disciplines that complement his artistic practice. 

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with design agencies and worked with both national and international brands, always staying true to his organic style and graffiti technique. 

In 2015, he participated in the NOMADX tour, visiting five northern cities of Mexico as an artist and speaker. He has been invited to various public art and neomuralism festivals in Mexico, as well as to collective and solo exhibitions in museums and private galleries. He has also performed live interventions at significant events for graffiti and street art. 
Today, Diego Santamaría continues to design, paint, and create out of passion, maintaining a constant movement that reflects his commitment to art and urban culture. 

This project was co-created with Alessandra Carughi Ferrini, founder of “Proyecto Dendrita, Conexión de Impulsos Creativos”, a project linking the arts in communication, strengthening Creative and Cultural Industries, cultural rights, and public space, based in Mexico City. 

Diego Santamaría (HIDROCK) https://www.instagram.com/hidrock/ 

Alessandra Carughi Ferrini https://www.instagram.com/alecarughi/ 

About Culturans 

Culturans is a Mexico City–based NGO dedicated to reimagining cities as vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable spaces—designed for people, in harmony with nature. We believe that art, culture, and social innovation are powerful tools to shape better futures, and we bring them together to transform urban life at a human scale. 

Through public engagement, co-creation programs, and the activation of public spaces with art and collective experiences, we connect communities across local and global contexts. We call it creative citizenship: the ability of people to imagine, design, and lead positive change in their own neighborhoods and beyond. 

Our work bridges disciplines and sectors, helping institutions weave themselves more meaningfully into the fabric of the city. 

For over a decade, we've collaborated with universities, government agencies, private partners, and—most importantly—the communities themselves, to inspire a new kind of civic participation. We call it creative citizenship: the ability of people to imagine, design, and lead positive change in their own neighborhoods and beyond. 

Website: https://www.culturans.org/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/culturans.lab/