Giorgos Sachinis
Secret Water
The rivers have disappeared from the city’s maps. Yet, maps defy the dimension of height—or depth. Beneath the city’s wrinkled skin, the currents of ancient rivers, torrents, and underground aqueducts continue to flow unseen…
At the intersection of a ravaged river and a forsaken underground channel—where the Cephissus River meets the Hadrian Aqueduct—a modern-day wanderer in Athens encounters the shadows of those intimately connected to the aqueduct throughout its long history. The challenge they set before him seems like a suicide mission: he must descend into the darkness of the underground passage and bring its hidden waters to light. Pushing himself to the very edge, he strives to grant the parched city a miraculous resurgence of water. To persuade him, they must first initiate him into the secrets of the Aqueduct’s resilience—and his own.
Beginning and ending at Dexameni Square in Kolonaki, a theatre and dance performance commences along the banks of the Cephissus River in Kifisia, plunging into the depths of the Roman Hadrian Aqueduct of Athens. The collective Ochi Pezoume / UrbanDig Project, continuously inspired by the Aqueduct, traces humanity’s journey toward an essential awakening to water—a path from the intangible to the material, from the hidden to the revealed.
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Schedule
17:30 – Departure by shuttle bus from Evangelismos metro station (Rizari St., toward Vasilissis Sofias Ave., across from the War Museum)
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18:30 – Performance begins at Kresthenon Street, Kifisia
20:00 – End of performance
20:30 – Departure from Kresthenon Street, Kifisia
21:30 – Arrival at Kolonaki (intersection of Patriarchou Ioakeim & Irodotou streets)
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• Spectators are advised to wear athletic footwear and bring sun protection items (hat, sunglasses) and water
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