thirsty towels is a mixed media installation created for the show Hyperhydrosis: Sweating Together curated by Eleni Riga (in collaboration with ATOPOS cvc &’ Office of Hydrocommons, 2025, Bathhouse of the Winds, Athens).

Special thanks to Melissa Network for migrant and refugee women who participated in the project and all the women who were kind enough to collect donate their sweat for the materialization of the olfactory components of this project.

The project was funded by Counterpoints Greece.

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thirsty towels, 2025, olfactory components in liquid form, hand-sculpted borosilicate glass, sand, metal, approx. 35 x ⌀ 60cm

photographic documentation by bmin0r