Bogota is a city of which few people talk about. Despite its economic and political importance as the capital city of Colombia, with the population of over seven million people, except for a few central districts frequented by tourists, such as La Candelaria, Chapinero and Zona T, the rest of the city remains largely anonymous with very few geographic landmarks.

Bogotá’s residents often complain about rather than appraise the city, most commonly in regards to its cold and cloudy weather, relatively high crime rate, and above all unreliable and chaotic transit system. Now that the proposal for the construction of a new Metro System set forth almost 40 years ago appears to be a daydream, the solution for many is simply to stay in their own neighborhood when it comes to satisfying their daily needs.

Due to this inconvenient situation, based on my living experience, for many bogotanos, the large part of the city’s areas are the realms of the other, since one hardly finds it reasonable taking his/her time to visit places, many of them are so-called barrios populares (popular neighborhoods) where there mostly are monotonous, often standardized landscapes filled with brick houses, mechanical shops, factories, grocery stores etc., which are virtually indistinguishable.

In the series ZONA TURÍSTICA Kumagai seeks to highlight the city’s unnamed legacies by exploring the aforementioned anonymous streets or neighborhoods in the city. As if a religious pilgrim who untiringly walk a long distance to fulfill their ¨holy¨ objectives, Kumagai’s practices are based on the conviction that photography is a tool not only to document a place’s topography, but also transform and reinvent it. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... IMPORTANT: The owner of the NFT "Zona Turística #222", has the right to show it in individual or collective exhibitions, as well as to circulate the image in digital or physical format for advertisement purposes, in events such as exhibitions, magazine articles or newspapers, as long as each time the artist is previously informed through an email and his name is acknowledged properly. Commercial distribution or modification of the original image is not allowed.

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IMPORTANTE: El propietario del NFT “Zona Turística #222¨ , tiene derecho a usarlo en exhibiciones individuales o colectivas, así mismo a circular su imagen en formato digital o físico con fines publicitarios para eventos como exposiciones, artículos de revistas o diarios, siempre y cuando en cada caso se reconozcan los créditos del artista creador de la pieza y sea informado previamente al correo oficial curatorial@takaakikj.com No se permite la distribución comercial o modificación de la imagen original.