The intervention in the abandoned village of Vathia in the region of Mani is to investigate the relationship between old and new and how these can coexist. Starting with specific traces in the landscape that trigger memory, five interventions are organized around Vathia, regenerating and transferring its meaning to present. Each trace represents an element of the settlement. An observatory encodes the landscape with reference to pirate leading a trek through the gorge towards Vathia. A monolith talks about the stone as an integral part of the landscape and serves as a cistern. A sum of underground sites reveals the original location of the village while at the same time houses a mill. A metal structure inside a military tower refers to local conflicts (Vendetta) through a folklore museum.

The result is a series of interventions around the village in a dialectical relationship with it. A palimpsest. A coexistence...