Bulletproof Memories
is a collaborative artistic project that invites artists from
all over the world, to make a portrait of one of the Social
Leaders assassinated in Colombia, since the signing of the Peace
Agreement in 2016. The leaders are assigned from a short
questionnaire that reveals the artist's affinities with the
leader. To make the portrait, a short investigation is given on
who the Social Leader was and the initiatives that she/he was
developing for her/his community. The artists are also welcome
to engage in research about who the given Social Leader was.
The portraits are intended to honor and remember the lives and
struggles of Social Leaders in Colombia and to actively raise
international awareness about these systematic murders. The
portraits will be exhibited in the virtual gallery of the
website and the printed versions will be used in demonstrations
and protests concerning Human Rights.
̈"Red Dream"
Artist: Angie Vega
Since the signing of the Peace Agreement with the FARC guerrilla
group in 2016, to date, more than
971 Social Leaders
have been assassinated.
In recent decades, due to the lack of commitment and the complete
state negligence, for some large areas of the country, efforts have
been created from the civil society to protect and provide
well-being to their communities.
Hence the concept of Social Leaders:
defenders primarily of human rights, the environment, their
territory and their culture.
Social Leaders are: environmentalists, feminists, indigenous
leaders, leaders of Afro-descendant communities, educators, LGTBQI +
activists, trade unionists, organizers in their communities for the
restitution of land and promoters of the substitution of illicit
crops.
In order to continue contacting artists, printing portraits and
holding other demonstrations, we kindly invite you to make your
donations.
Thanks in advance!
There are sources of information and organizations that work
with victims of the conflict in Colombia.
For example check out: "Somos Defensores"
If you want to make a portrait and know about the life and social struggles of one of the Colombian Social Leaders, contact us.
Do you have questions or ideas? Do you want to join our cause?
Contact us!
