TEMPLE OF TRANSMISSION @ ATHENS WOW 2026

Temple of Transmission is an interactive sculptural installation, the result of a collaboration between the organization Kathe Mia Istoria [Each One Story] and visual artist Marina Velisioti.

At its core is a metal loom, made of unorthodox materials, which bridges the materiality of the feminine tradition with the intangible richness of the lived experience. The loom acts as a transmitter: from its fibers emerge women’s voices, which are transported through headphones to seats arranged in a circle around the installation.

The narratives point the eye to the micro-scale of everyday life, highlighting the female experience as a central axis. Like a modern-day handiwork that invites people to gather around it, the installation creates a place of attention and togetherness.

Visitors are invited to sit down, listen to stories that rarely find their way to a public podium, and weave their personal meaning through these narratives. Individual listening is transformed into a collective experience, in which the audience forms a temporary community, an alliance around the act of joint listening.

Credits
Concept-Stories: Kathe Mia Istoria | Danai Dragonea – Dafni Anesti
Visual Creation: Marina Velisioti
Sound Design: Nicholas Kazazis

With the financial support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

A few words about the stories
Narratives weave a collective portrait of women’s resilience and transformation. Women of different ages, backgrounds and identities share moments of rupture with social expectations, with fear, with the unseen side of everyday life. They resist silence, recognize their worth, and claim their right to define their own lives. Each story constitutes an act of courage. The project aspires that the weavework of the stories act as a safety net and a living junction, an occasion to approach the world around us with more solidarity and understanding.

Despina
Despina talks about the fear, injustice, and violation of personal boundaries she experienced from an early age. There was a moment when she felt that she would lose herself if she didn’t find a way to express herself. When she stopped being silent, she discovered that she was not alone. Her narrative sheds light on the power of the voice in the face of fear and silence.

Ioanna
Ioanna recalls the difficulty of accepting her body in adolescence, her experience as a child of Albanian parents, born and raised in Greece, and the pressure to excel in everything, a pressure that led her to the opposite extreme. Now, she is preparing to take the university entrance examinations for the third time. She doesn’t know where this path will take her; but she knows she is enough. And that is good enough for her.

Rodoula
A seamstress in a small town, Rodoula devoted her life to the struggle for the independence of her disabled daughter. A story of deep love and relentless female resilience.

Vanesa Niki
Vanesa Niki recalls the paths of her journey across the city, and how these were transformed as she delved deeper into her dual identity: Greek and Nigerian. A narrative about visibility, self-knowledge, and the sense of belonging.

Artemisia
Artemisia talks about the importance of choosing her name and about switching her identity card to her feminine name. From fragmentation to personal fulfillment, she shares her path, guided by deep faith in women’s solidarity and the legacy we leave behind us.

Dimitra
Dimitra Giannakopoulou recounts a journey that began at a bar in Exarcheia and reached all the way to Latin America. In her 40s, feeling trapped in everyday life, she decided to take the university entrance exams, a decision that redefined her life in numerous ways.

Mara
At 45, Mara made the decision to get a divorce and start over, on her own. She describes the first night she spent alone at home as a watershed moment, the starting point of a path to her own version of happiness.

Lida
Lida recounts the moment she came out to her parents. Through a journey from Athens to Volos, the place where she grew up, she unfolds her own path to acceptance, a journey of sincerity, love and reconciliation.

Maria
Maria tells the life story of her mother, Mitrodora, in Poliana, a small village of Mani. In a barren place and in difficult circumstances, Mitrodora—the only woman in the village who kept her own name—managed to save her husband’s life, raise five children on her own, and later pave the way for a new life, by moving to Athens.