We Were Here 2

We Were Here is a Helio Eudoro’ multimedia
installation and consists of a series of videos,
photographs, media files and materials from
construction site debris. Most of the images
was taken from different angles and times
during the construction process to create
a haunting and evocative layering of imagery
that speaks to the transformation of the city
and the passage of time.
The diaspora of gentrification excludes
the unwanted, and those not part of the
chain of the new urban scene. Erasing
memories, hiding human waste and
replacing it with a generation that doesn't
care. Although the nostalgia of urban
architecture makes us want to preserve
heritage and memory, it may just be a
desire for permanence, a way to feel
comfortable looking at everything the
same way all the time. Deep down we have
a desire not to change, just to be eternal.
We Were Here may help to preserve memory,
to warn that we should not erase the past,
but to build a future that also carries all
our imperfections and desires. Why not