In the light of an autumn morning in 2022, Edith Dekyndt photographed a young woman lying in the waters of the lagoon, next to the Partisan Monument which is located along the shore, in front of the Gardens of Venice. The young woman holds a white cloth in her hand with which she cleans, cleanses, repairs, caresses or even consoles the bronze statue which portrays a woman from times gone by, partially immersed in the lagoon, her hands tied, probably directed towards the its end, as were numerous partisans, including Venetian ones, during the Second World War.

In this video work, presented in the Foyer of the Teatrino of Palazzo Grassi, Edith Dekyndt draws the viewer's attention to the possibility of cultivating and preserving memory, to avoid its possible repetition. The bronze sculpture, created in 1969 by the sculptor Augusto Murer, is positioned on a structure and a hydraulic pedestal conceived by Carlo Scarpa.

The work “Song to the Siren” is part of a series of actions in which the same gesture is repeated at public historical monuments, chosen by virtue of their resonance in the contemporary world. The titles of the speeches always reflect the titles of the songs, taking on an open and eternal echo. In this case the title is “Song to the Siren” (1970), a song written by Larry Beckett and Tim Buckley and reinterpreted over time by numerous artists, from This Mortal Coil to Robert Plant.