We’re Here, My Dear is a team work that weaves together graphic design, costume, and public space to explore the experience of navigating the night as women, queer, and femme-presenting people. Rooted in both vulnerability and joy, the work reclaims the night as a space of possibility, inviting collective strength, visibility, and play. a night team of women and feminine-presenting people move through the city in shifting formations, sometimes together and sometimes alone, wearing custom-designed costumes. each night performer writes or draws in custom sketchbooks, and the results are later embroidered into the costumes. Building on earlier works such as Baby, I have your back, which activated queer community spaces across multiple cities, We’re Here, My Dear expands this exploration into a larger collective framework, transforming urban space into a site of connection, separation, and visibility. for the last night walk, all of the embroidery was added to the costumes. this was the final walk in the series.
Max Oosterholt, Joanne Kamp, Sara Rooijakkers and Bente van Beers
Concept, content, organization, graphic design and direction