# Fragmentos > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fragmentos > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fragmentos.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragmentos > Source revision: 1356162398 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Monument and Art Gallery by Doris Salcedo}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox museum |name= Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria |image= Entrada a Fragmentos.jpg |caption= Entrance to the ''Fragmentos'' art space and memorial |mapframe=yes |mapframe-caption=Interactive fullscreen map |mapframe-zoom=13 |mapframe-marker=museum |mapframe-wikidata=yes |coordinates = {{coord|4.5925|-74.0791|format=dms|region:CO|display=it}} |established= {{Start date and age|2018}} |location= Carrera 7 #6B-30
[Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1) |type= [Site-specific art](/source/Site-specific_art), [art museum](/source/art_museum), and [memorial](/source/memorial) |public_transit= |website= {{URL|www.fragmentos.gov.co/Paginas/default.aspx}} }} '''''Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria''''' (2018) ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) for "Fragments, a Space for Art and Memory") is a [site-specific](/source/site-specific_art) [art installation](/source/Installation_art), [art gallery](/source/art_gallery), and [memorial](/source/memorial) created by Colombian artist [Doris Salcedo](/source/Doris_Salcedo) and architect Carlos Granada. The main focus of the installation is the 1,288 [floor tiles](/source/floor_tiles) that were made by melting down the firearms that were turned in by the now-defunct [FARC](/source/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia) guerrilla group after the signing of the [Colombian peace agreement](/source/Colombian_peace_process) in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/12/01/doris-salcedos-army-of-women-reshape-the-meaning-of-guerrilla-weapons|title= Doris Salcedo's army of women reshape the meaning of guerrilla weapons|date=2018-12-01 |access-date=2024-03-24}} The art installation has been described by Salcedo as a "countermonument" and a space to reflect on the [Colombian conflict](/source/Colombian_conflict).{{cite web|url=https://museonacional.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Fragmentos.aspx |title=Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria|date=2017 |access-date=2024-03-24}} Salcedo has described that the installation as a countermonument as it does not pay tribute to any of the involved parties, does not intent to express beauty nor build a triumphalist narrative.{{cite web|url=https://web.comisiondelaverdad.co/actualidad/noticias/las-armas-de-las-farc-terminaron-en-fragmentos |title=Las armas de las FARC terminaron en 'Fragmentos'|date=2018-12-21 |access-date=2024-08-16}} ==Background== As part of the agreement between the [Government of Colombia](/source/Government_of_Colombia) and the now-defunct [FARC](/source/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia), both parties agreed to the creation of monuments using the [firearms](/source/firearms) that were turned in by guerrilla group. One of the monuments, ''Kusikawsay'' by [Mario Opazo](/source/Mario_Opazo), was agreed for the [Headquarters of the United Nations](/source/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations) in New York City and the other, ''Fragmentos'', was established in [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), Colombia's capital. Another monument was planned for [Havana](/source/Havana), the venue of the peace talks, however this one has not materialized.{{cite web |title=Nombrar lo innombrable: el contramonumento Fragmentos y la violencia sexual |url= http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1657-63572023000200001#B51|website=scielo.org.co |publisher=Universidad del Valle|access-date=16 August 2024 |location=Cali, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=10 August 2023}} ''Fragmentos'' was a result of an open competition where 28 individual artists, both Colombian and international, presented their proposals for the monument. The proposals were analyzed by an artistic committee and ultimately selected the proposal by Colombian artist [Doris Salcedo](/source/Doris_Salcedo).{{cite journal |title=Fragmentos, espacio de arte y memoria: ¿monumento de memoria histórica o galería comercial de arte contemporáneo? |url= https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/estart/article/view/18108/18091|website=revistas.udistrital.edu.co |publisher=Universidad Distrital|access-date=16 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=10 April 2021|last1= Buitrago|first1= María Mercedes Herrera|last2= Peñuela|first2= Jorge}} ==Description== thumb|left|Close view of the floor tiles constructed from FARC firearms. Housed amongst the ruins of a once abandoned colonial-era house in [La Candelaria](/source/La_Candelaria%2C_Bogot%C3%A1) locality, of [Bogotá, Colombia](/source/Bogot%C3%A1%2C_Colombia), ''Fragmentos'' is a memorial, art gallery, and a site-specific art installation whose main focus is the floor tiles that were made using the firearms that the FARC-EP guerrilla group rendered post the signing of the peace agreement with the Government of Colombia. The idea of using the firearms as floor tiles opposes the idea of glorifying violence, or monumentalizing weapons, and today is the physical and conceptual basis of this ''contermonument'' that inverts the power relationship that gave the rifles. ''Fragmentos'', initially presented as an empty space, is at the same time a space for the production and exhibition of other artistic works, in an annual program whose duration will be equivalent to the duration of the conflict between the parties. The title ''Fragmentos'' is derived from the idea that society has fragments of memories from the armed conflict in Colombia that all-together compose a single narrative of the conflict.{{Cite web|url=https://especiales.revistaarcadia.com/contramonumento-fragmentos/index.html|title=Fragmentos "Homenaje a las víctimas del conflicto armado con las FARC"|website=Fragmentos “Homenaje a las víctimas del conflicto armado con las FARC”|accessdate=Aug 20, 2024}} ==Construction== The firearms that were collected by the ''United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia'' (UNVIC) and the Police Unit for Peace Building (UNIPEP) were transferred to ''[INDUMIL](/source/INDUMIL)'', a Colombian state-run arms manufacturer, where they were [melted](/source/Melting) down into various [molds](/source/Molding_(process)) that Salcedo had worked on with the assistance of 20 women who were all survivors of [sexual violence](/source/sexual_violence) incurred during the [Colombian conflict](/source/Colombian_conflict). From the 8,994 individual firearms that were collected, INDUMIL was able to subtract 37 tons of molted steel which resulted in 1,288 floor tiles for the installation, each of approximately 60 x 60 cm, 6mm thick, and weighing approximately 40 kilograms. ==Exhibitions== From its foundation, ''Fragmentos'' was intended to become a venue for current and future generations of artists to exhibit their interpretations of [armed conflict](/source/armed_conflict) and, through them, allow for the construction of a collective vision of the future that encourage difficult, provocative, and reflective dialogues.{{cite web |title=Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria |url= https://www.artbo.co/findesemana/Circuitos/Centro-Historico/Fragmentos-Espacio-de-Arte-y-Memoria|website=artbo.co |publisher=ARTBO|access-date=17 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=12 April 2024}} ===Selected exhibitions=== * 26 November 2020 – 30 May 2021: ''Salam Tristesse, Irak, 2016-2020 by [Francis Alÿs](/source/Francis_Al%C3%BFs)''{{cite web |title=Exhibición Salam Tristesse, Irak 2016-2020 del artista Francis Alÿs |url= https://museonacional.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Salam_Tristesse.aspx|website=museonacional.gov.co |publisher=Museo Nacional de Colombia|access-date=20 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=2020}} * 15 September 2022 – 21 May 2023: ''Bruma by [Beatriz Gonzalez](/source/Beatriz_Gonzalez)''{{cite web |title=BRUMA |url= https://www.fragmentos.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Brumas2022.aspx|website=fragmentos.gov.co |publisher=Fragmentos|access-date=18 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=2022}} * 17 August 2023 – 26 November 2023: ''Arrancar los ojos by [Gabriela Golder](/source/Gabriela_Golder)''{{cite web |title="Arrancar los ojos": la nueva exposición de FRAGMENTOS |url= https://www.radionica.rocks/artes/arrancar-los-ojos-la-nueva-exposicion-de-fragmentos|website=www.radionica.rocks |publisher=Radionica|access-date=20 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=10 August 2023}} * 13 April 2024 – 28 July 2024: ''Desminar by [Tania Candiani](/source/Tania_Candiani)''{{cite web |title=Tania Candiani - Desminar |url= https://www.fragmentos.gov.co/desde-el-arte/Paginas/Desminar.aspx?nombre=Desminar.aspx|website=fragmentos.gov.co |publisher=Fragmentos|access-date=20 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=2024}} ==Ownership and management== The [Government of Colombia](/source/Government_of_Colombia), through its [Ministry of Culture](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_(Colombia)), sponsored and owns ''Fragmentos''. The [National Museum of Colombia](/source/National_Museum_of_Colombia), a dependency of the Ministry of Culture, directly manages the gallery and its exhibitions.{{cite web |title="Fragmentos" de un acuerdo de paz: la obra de Doris Salcedo |url= https://razonpublica.com/fragmentos-de-un-acuerdo-de-paz-la-obra-de-doris-salcedo/ |publisher=razonpublica.com|access-date=18 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=28 January 2019}} ==Gallery== Láminas matriz de la obra Fragmentos - Doris Salcedo (2018).jpg|Close up view of the floor tiles made from FARC firearms Esquina en Fragmentos.jpg|View of the surrounding ruins Descripción Fragmentos.jpg ==See also== *''[La paloma de la paz](/source/La_paloma_de_la_paz)'', a sculpture by [Fernando Botero](/source/Fernando_Botero) created in response to the Colombian peace process. == References == {{reflist}} Category:Art museums and galleries in Colombia Category:Museums in Bogotá Category:Museums established in 2018 Category:Ministry of Culture (Colombia) Category:Landscape architecture Category:Political art Category:Site-specific art --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fragmentos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragmentos) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragmentos?action=history)). 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