(Hydra Island, June 2025) – Mnemosyne Projects presents Dimitrios Antonitsis and Angela Tisner in a site-specific installation at the Lyceum’s amphitheater hosted by Hydra School Projects.
Mnemosyne Projects is proud to present a site-specific installation featuring newly-commissioned works by Dimitrios Antonitsis and Angela Tisner. 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.
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Curator Tatiana Gecmen-Waldek said: “In his Fountains series, Dimitrios Antonitsis is a forward thinker, addressing an outdated consumer culture.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.”
Angela Tisner examines through extensive recordings and interviews Hydra’s tradition and mythology by crafting immersive soundscapes that merge voices, conversations, ambient sounds, and melodies. Tisner’s explorations of the sacred and profane dimensions of music culminated in the Hydra: Island in the Sound collection of soundtracks commissioned and curated by Ekaterina Juskowski for Mnemosyne Projects. Developed during Tisner’s Hydra Art Residency at the Old Carpet Factory, this body of work emerged from extensive field recordings, interviews, research, and traditional songs. By intertwining recordings from the local community with her own orchestrations, Tisner constructs a sonic mythology – an imaginative reworking of Hydra’s rich musical landscape. Through haunting melodies and layered textures, listeners are transported to terrestrial in paradisum – a liminal space where history and sound intertwine, preserving and transforming memory.
Mnemosyne Projects will publish Tisner’s recordings in a limited-edition numbered 7” vinyl EP titled “Hydra:Island in the Sound” featuring Hydra’s locals: 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 Hydra port icon “Pan” Lembesis.
ABOUT MNEMOSYNE PROJECTS
Mnemosyne Projects is a nonprofit curatorial platform committed to preserving sites of memory through artistic and interdisciplinary research. Founded on Hydra Island, it collaborates globally across disciplines, integrating visual art, music, and literature. Mnemosyne Publishing furthers its mission through books, art compilations, musical recordings, and films that bridge past and future narratives.
Visit www.mnemosyneprojects.org or follow on Instagram @mnemosyneprojects
ABOUT HYDRA SCHOOL PROJECTS
Established in 1999 by artist and curator Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra School Projects is a nonprofit platform dedicated to contemporary art and cultural dialogue. For over 25 years, the annual summer exhibition on Hydra Island has brought together prominent Greek and international artists alongside emerging voices, fostering a creative exchange between tradition and innovation. A signature catalog, tetradia, is published annually in the style of a Greek school composition book.
Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Lithos/Lethe is set against the evocative backdrop of Hydra, a place shaped by artistic legacies and examines how creativity is manifested, formed, preserved, and inevitably fades. Featured artists Brice Marden, Jannis Kounellis, Isabella Ducrot and Konrad Żukowski, Billy Sullivan, William Farrell, Felicia Reed, Dimitrios Antonitsia and Angela Tisner.
Follow Hydra School Projects on Instagram: @hydraschoolprojects
ABOUT SERPETINIS
Serpetinis has its origins on the Cycladic island of Tinos, known for hosting one of the world’s most prestigious sculpture and marble carving academies. For over a century and a half, the expertise and heritage have been lovingly handed down through successive generations. Given these deep-seated connections to traditional art, Serpetinis has maintained a longstanding partnership with artists and product designers, considering them integral to its existence. In 2023, Kosmas Serpetinis made the decision to establish the Serpetinis Artist-in-Residence program, with the primary objective of fostering a fertile ground for collaboration, the exchange of ideas, and artistic growth by uniting and supporting artists from around the world.
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EXHIBITION DETAILS
📍 Hydra School Projects at Lyceum 🗓 June 20 – September 7, 2025 ⏰ Opening Hours: 11:30 – 14:00 & 19:30 – 22:00
Opening Reception: June 20, 2025 Details to follow: rsvp@mnemosyneprojects.org
