Once a pier that would be inundated with water, a subsistence fishing site for a community of fishermen, the pier is now a remnant of what it once was. Now deprived of its once defining characteristic – the ebb and flow of water – it has taken on a new identity in the city. Devoid of water, it’s original inhabitants that surrounded it – it stands as a reminder of the passage of time, and of absence. The pier is a skeleton, a memory, and a testament to what once was. It reflects a broader change in the geography and culture of Karachi. It illustrates both the fluid infinity of the sea and a static, concrete structure. The pier is also home to another collective memory – that of Mai Kolachi. part historic figure and part myth, Mai Kolachi is Karachi’s namesake – a woman who once walked into the sea to save her lover from drowning.