Nothing existed in Atlantis before 1975, but as a function of apartheid policy, thousands of coloured people were relocated to live in what was marketed as the ‘New City’. The plans for Atlantis fell with the old regime. Today, it stands as a shadow of what it was set out to achieve. An industrial town holding on to itself by the memory of what was never realized. A quick google search of Atlantis reveals images of the glorious sandy dunes frequented by tourists, both local and foreign, engaging in various forms of sporting, outdoor activities: the images tell a very specific narrative. The story of Atlantis is less about the diminutive policies that led to its emergence and more about its people, whose resilience and diverse means of growth allowed them to develop historical agency beyond apartheid structures. ONTHOU ATLANTIS ('Remeber Atlantis' in Afrikaans) is a curated presentation of a different narrative: as translated through a photographic monograph of an exploration of the magnificent ATLANTIS dunes with its rightful owners - the people who were discarded out of convenience.