POLINIZA DOS (or “Polinizados”) is the annual urban-art program at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), running since 2006 and turning the Vera campus into a working outdoor studio each May. It’s organized by UPV’s Área de Acción Cultural and built around site-specific murals by invited artists—recent lineups have included 108, Lidia Cao, Musa71, Felipe Pantone, Gordo Pelota, Wasted Rita and Catarina Lira Pereira—alongside public programs like artist talks, guided walkthroughs (often led by painting professor Joan Peiró), and family workshops under “Menudo Poliniza”.

Some past editions have also added fanzine markets and campus exhibitions. With support from the Generalitat Valenciana’s Department of Education, Culture and Sport, the festival’s 20th edition (May 12–16, 2025) emphasized some of the “gestural” languages of contemporary muralism and produced fresh interventions – with an educational track open to the public. The works typically remain on campus from one edition to the next, a sort of living record of Valencia’s evolving perspectives and voices in street culture.

Our special thanks to photographer Luis Olive Bulbena, who provided some images of his recent visit to the campus.