Dry wells will never be wet

Developed during an In Situ residency on the island of Hydra, Greece, this site-specific intervention explores water as both a natural resource and a mythical presence. Responding to the island's mythology of a water spring, I worked directly with the mountain landscape, rearranging locally found rocks into circular formations that evoke the shape of natural springs, reminiscent of the thermal pools of Saturnia in Italy. Created in a landscape increasingly threatened by wildfires and extreme drought, the work reflects on the tension between the presence of water in collective memory and its scarcity in the present. Through a minimal intervention using only materials found on site, the installation traces an imagined relationship between geology, mythology and environmental change. Although the work was never intended to be permanent, its formations remain visible through satellite imagery.