On a pitch-black stage stands a towering truncated cone made entirely of silver votive offerings (tamata)—all of them distinctly feminine: breasts, legs, eyes. The female body, fragmented and reproduced as an object of devotion, is presented as a site of sacred offering and simultaneous subjugation. Around the cone, five women sit embroidering Romanian flowers on white cloths—a gesture that links the female body to tradition, memory, and repetition. One woman begins to sing a mourning song (miroloi) in Romanian—a voice of grief, but also of resistance. Gradually, more women arrive, each placing her own votive on the cone before joining the singing. The accumulation of bodies and voices builds until, one by one, they disappear. Finally, the cone collapses. This collapse is not merely physical—it is metaphysical: an unraveling of the silence imposed on women, which transforms into a collective absence charged with political force.
Director: Smargda Nitsopoulou
Writer: Smaragda Nitsopoulou
Art Director: Sofia Vaso