dec carr kis. and the third out of bags that marijuana was crossed in. >> the two women are part of a network of artists and historians determined to place what some might consider trash in a different light. the art has made it into exhibitions like this one, at the detroit museum of modern art. visitors can experience the migrant's journey up close. >> what would you say to people who look at what you do and say "no, these items are trash." i'd say go out there and walk around for yourself and open up a backpack, and pull out the letters. look at the pictures. it's in what you find. the stories are there. you can't deny them, you know. people, ids. where they are going. all their hopes. they are in those backpacks. >> we have to remember that all of us our culture, is what is left behind. >> it's why these life-sized sculptures of mothers are important. they made them a decade ago, but they have begun to deteriorate. to the artists, it's a symbol. >> we wanted them to break down the way the bodie