El universo gimiente: una interpretación dibujística a partir del documento La masacre de El Salado: esa guerra no era nuestra

Abstract

The universe that groans, a research-creation project with which I propose to make a contribution to the emerging field of Artistic Studies, articulates the practices of drawing and the social sciences, seeking the integration of these knowledges as an alternative for the construction of collective and national memory. It is, in itself, a way of addressing the paths of memory, an initiative that allows us to make visible my interpretation of the Colombian armed conflict and of the events that occurred between February 16 and 21 of the year 2000 in a massacre documented by the Members of the Historical Memory Group, in the report entitled The El Salado Massacre: That war was not ours, which highlights the disastrous consequences of the stigmatization of the civilian population trapped in the struggle between armed actors for control of the national territory. The main purpose of this project arises from the motivation that, as an artist, I can contribute to the production of knowledge through my research and creative practices, recognizing the value and importance of the drawing interpretations that I present here as activators of meanings of our collective and national memory.