BOGOTÁ™ IS MY THESIS PROJECT THAT QUESTIONS THE CONTEMPORARY AND HOMOGENIZED IMAGE OF URBAN LIFE INCREASINGLY PROMOTED AS THE ONLY DESIRABLE FUTURE. IT EXPLORES THE GROWING TENSION BETWEEN TWO VERSIONS OF BOGOTÁ: ONE THAT IS RAW, EXPRESSIVE, LOUD, CONTRADICTORY, AND CONSTANTLY RESHAPED BY THE PEOPLE WHO INHABIT IT; AND ANOTHER THAT IS POLISHED, STANDARDIZED, UNRECOGNIZABLE, CONSUMPTION-DRIVEN AND DESIGNED ONLY TO MOVE THROUGH. COLLAGE AND VISUAL CONTRADICTION MAKES BOGOTÁ™ EMBRACE THE CITY'S CHARACTERISTIC CHAOS. MAYBE AS DISORDER, BUT ALSO AS THE COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES, CULTURES, RHYTHMS, AND WAYS OF INHABITING ONE SAME SPACE. WHAT MAKES BOGOTÁ MEANINGFUL IS PRECISELY WHAT CONTEMPORARY URBAN DEVELOPMENT OFTEN ATTEMPTS TO ERASE: ITS IMPERFECTIONS, ITS FRICTION, ITS INFORMALITY, ITS VISUAL NOISE, AND THE COUNTLESS TRACES LEFT BY IT'S CITIZENS. ULTIMATELY, BOGOTÁ™ INVITES VIEWERS TO RECONSIDER WHAT KIND OF CITY THEY WANT TO INHABIT, ASKING WHETHER A CITY WITHOUT IDENTITY, CONFLICT, OR UNPREDICTABILITY IS STILL A CITY THAT TRULY BELONGS TO ITS PEOPLE.