The Imitate the Sleep of Stones exhibition by William Kentridge, hosted at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), is a major retrospective that weaves together memory, political history, and the passage of time. Drawing inspiration from the poetic line in its title, the South African artist contrasts the fragility of human experience with the apparent, monumental stillness of stone, creating a visual bridge between classical Greek culture and the scars of the colonial and post-colonial eras. Through a highly theatrical and immersive journey encompassing everything from his famous charcoal animated films—where the act of erasing and redrawing becomes a metaphor for oblivion and the processing of trauma—to bronze sculptures, tapestries, and multichannel video installations, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on how historical myths are continuously constructed, deconstructed, and passed down.