Mnemosyne Projects x Hydra School Projects present
"Fountains" by Dimitrios Antonitsis
a site-specific installation at the Lyceum’s amphitheater.

(Hydra Island, June 2025) – Mnemosyne Projects is proud to present a site-specific installation featuring newly-commissioned works by Dimitrios Antonitsis . Curated by Tatiana Gecmen-Waldek and Ekaterina Juskowski, the installation is hosted by Hydra School Projects as part of the Lithos/Lethe (Stone/Oblivion) exhibition.

Dimitrios Antonitsis presents his latest ongoing series Fountains, 2025. Driven by his passion for collecting Greek discarded marble sinks Antonitsis, for the first time addresses the most of noble stone and the repurposing of leftovers by morphing the stone/objet trouvé as a conceptual language: Lithos (stone), Lethe (oblivion), and Αletheia (truth, the opposite of oblivion). His objects invite contemplation on the afterlife of the rejected, elevating the ordinary into vessels of cultural legacy and contemporary archeology.

This series emerges from Antonitsis’s long-standing devotion to collecting discarded sinks native to Greece—a gesture that merges personal obsession with cultural archaeology. Through sculptural intervention, he reclaims forgotten forms and imbues them with a conceptual resonance that honors the dignity of reuse. Not merely aesthetic objects, these works operate as mnemonic devices and philosophical prompts, drawing out the tension between erasure and remembrance in a landscape shaped by both human neglect and historical depth.

Antonitsis said: “I recognize the secret life of these derelict marble sinks,” Antonitsis reflects, “by restaging them within a conceptual play. The words “Lithos/Lethe/Aletheia” engraved on the stone surface transform their essence, intertwining mythology, philosophy, and environmental resilience into a harmonious dialogue. Here, the primordial Titan Lithos encounters Duchamp with his objet trouvé​​ and Heidegger, who reinterpreted aletheia, the ancient Greek concept of truth, as ‘unconcealment’ or ‘unforgetfulness.’  Together, they become cooperative partners in an imagined escape room, where each must face Oblivion (Lethe) as an existential challenge.”

Curator Tatiana Gecmen-Waldek said: “In his Fountains series, Dimitrios Antonitsis is a forward thinker, addressing an outdated consumer culture. His urban mining renews value to throw away and inspires reflection on how art can become part of the solution. The deliberately naïve hand-carved aesthetic situates his artworks within the unique context of Hydra School Projects, restoring the question on how do we want to leave our planet to future generations.”

Curator Ekaterina Juskowski said: “Dimitrios Antonitsis belongs to a distinguished lineage of artists whose creative trajectories are profoundly tied to Hydra island. Much like   Brice Marden and Janis Kounellis, Antonitsis engages with place as both a source of inspiration and a conceptual framework, through which broader artistic inquiries unfold. His Fountains   are deeply embedded in Greek and Hydriot cultural signifiers, yet they resonate beyond their immediate geography. They articulate the universal tensions between memory and forgetfulness, endurance and fragility, immortality and decay—dualities that define human experience and artistic exploration alike.”

Mnemosyne Projects will also present Hydra: Island in the Sound - a collection of six soundscapes commissioned and curated by Ekaterina Juskowki. Produced in partnership with Old Carpet Factory, the project is realized as both a site-specific sound installation and a limited-edition numbered 7” vinyl EP. It features voices and sonic textures from Hydra’s local community, including Sister Efthimia of Agia Efpraxia Monastery, Father Georgios Vlachopoulos of Agia Varvara Church, Dr. Sotiria Valavani of Kouloureio Hospital, Yiannis and Panagiotis Gavalias, Father Theologos and the monks of Prophet Elias Monastery, and the beloved Hydra port icon, Pan Lembesis.