Hier ne meurt jamais [Yesterday never dies] is a series of images created by Théo Mercier in collaboration with Erwan Fichou. Initiated in Rome, this series presents large-format ancient ruins from the Mediterranean basin, on which hang large banners made from tourist hotel sheets, displaying quotations from mainstream, globalized culture. Faced with the silence of these ancient monuments, these banners attempt to establish a moving dialogue between today’s collective memory and the memory of the ruins. Oscillating between nostalgia and eradication, this series re-enacts the eternal struggle between the ancient and the modern, revealing the different strata of fantasy that link past, present and future.