Bogota Viral
video installation
Juan Ricardo Rincón – Emilio Zapata / Colombia
The main objective of the Bogotá Viral project aims to develop an interaction that starts from an ironic reflection on the current latency of murders, robberies and suicides in the city of Bogotá. We must underline that, after the conceptual intention described above, a data visualization based on structures resembling living organisms is presented. In this way, the graphics are nourished by a continuous momentum of life, which is superimposed on Information “about death”. We distance ourselves from the conventional collection of data that comprise the urban analysis of the city (occupation plans, uses, mobility, etc.). In this way, we seek to "read" the city through statistics that reflect the social interaction of a society permeated by violence and illegality. The information is articulated through graphics that in turn are reflected in an interface manipulated by the user who may at his discretion.