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The sculptures are made of clay, styrofoam, and cork, then cast in bronze to allow them to withstand the elements and look more demonic. The title of the installation makes reference to a 1951 film, The Day the Earth Stood Still.  According to AM New York, Bhabha viewed the characters as cooperative, with We Come in Peace coming to aid Benaam, but arriving too late because Benaam has already died – though to her mind the latter might still "rise up ... [t]hings that you would not imagine might happen. That's the hope."While Bhabha considers the work to be "very much an anti-war statement", she also wanted it to be multi-layered and open to a wide variety of interpretations. According to AM New York, the We Come in Peace sculpture is gender fluid.
styrofoam bronze AM New York clay gender fluid The Day the Earth Stood Still cork