they were here references the remains of a city–its ruined structure and the echo of the lives that have passed through it.
Assembled out of a material made to construct tents and held together in part by document mending tape, the work is transcribed with the actions, both physical and emotional, that constitute day to day life.
It negotiates ideas of permanence and transience at a time in history when the temporary constructs that house people fleeing their ruined cities are themselves becoming cities.