With more than 2500 massacres in the years of 1973 till 2008, Vicente, focuses in one particular event, the massacre of Bojayá, this research project from March 2018 to Jun 2018. Here some of the outcomes:
The first Proposition, The seven wooden Pyjamas, made of simple wood in the fashion that is made in the countryside of Colombia.
Seven wooden boxes one baby size one child and five adults size were made to facilitate the understanding of the mass murders, even when there is not much possibility of understanding.
Ovalle's proposal of remembrance of the victims and some of their circumstances.
119 Innocent victims were killed 45 of them children. Other 98 where injured and some of them didn't survive.
Most of those survives had fled, running for their lives, leaving the township and the church with with the dead bodies of their friends and family. Those people were mostly of African descent, weren’t able to conduct traditional funerals, and when they returned home, some of their houses have been looted.
Ovalle placed some smells around the art school and placed 119 padlocks in a symbolic act to hold the lost belongings of the 119 victims of this massacre. As previously noted by the Colombian government, "the armed confrontation in the region between the guerrillas and the illegal self-defence forces is very violent due to the economic and strategic interests in play, including, among others: drug trafficking, the inter-oceanic connection, the development of megaprojects like the Panamerican Highway, and the proximity of ports and hydroelectric stations. The region furthermore represents advantages for these groups as a route for the import of arms and supplies from Central America and to provide favourable routes for drug trafficking."
At least 250 paramilitary combatants moved into Bellavista on 21 April 2002, and remained in the populated area despite protests by local residents. The UNHCHR sent an official communication to the Colombian government on April 23 expressing their concern regarding the presence of the paramilitaries and the possible consequences for the local people. The Ombudsman's Office of Colombia also visited the region on April 26 and released an early warning regarding the possible consequences of an armed confrontation in the area.
Intense fighting broke out on May 1 in neighboring Vigía del Fuerte municipality (Antioquia department), and spread to Bellavista later in the day. Residents took shelter in the local church, the adjoining parsonage and an Augustinian Missionary residence, with the total number approaching 500 over the course of the night.
According to the official UN investigation report, in the morning of May 2 the AUC paramilitaries had established positions around the church, using the buildings and the cement wall around the church yard for protection. The FARC took up positions to the north (in Barrio Pueblo Nuevo), and began launching gas cylinder bombs (pipetas) toward the paramilitary positions, with two landing nearby but the third going through the roof of the church and exploding on the altar.