Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria

This counter-monument was created by sculptor Doris Salcedo, at the request of the Colombian government and the former FARC guerrillas. As part of the peace agreement, they signed to put an end to more than 50 years of armed conflict. Thirty-seven tons of rifles and ammunition handed over by the rebels were used. The artist melted down the weapons and ammunition to create the floor of Fragmentos, the first art and memory space in Colombia. For the design of the floor, she invited 20 victims of sexual violence from the Network Red de Mujeres Víctimas y Profesionales , who participated by molding the steel and turning it into 1,296 rough tiles, with which the floor of the new museum of art and memory was built. The artist Doris Salcedo decided to give prominence in her work to the victims of sexual violence in order to overcome the testimonial injustice to which the victims of this crime are always subjected.