Acceptance – A New Home for the Little Venus
Acceptance
Brooch, 2025
Materials: Bronze, Agate, Plastic Figures, Seashell, Pearls, Machine Embroidery, Textile, Vintage Miniature Doll, Found Object, Lace
Dimensions: 13,5 x 10,5 x 4,5 cm
Acceptance - A New Home for the Little Venus
Installation, 2025
Materials: Bronze, Aluminium, Pigment, Vintage Miniature Doll, Detachable brooch
Dimensions: 33,5 x 28,5 x 47,5 cm
Let’s talk about the life
We want to live
Not the life we live
Εvá Papadakis, ‘Shattered Pieces’
At this critical moment in the discourse on human rights, the installation "Acceptance – A New Home for the Little Venus" was born to embrace the concept of self-identification and the individual’s internal experience of gender with understanding and respect, challenging stereotypes and societal prejudices.
It seeks to defend the fundamental right of every person to freely experience their personal perception of their body, regardless of whether it aligns with the gender assigned at birth.
The journey of this transition, as the process of gender identity redefinition is called, seems to be both mentally and physically painful and time-consuming for the individual who holds this innate sense of self.
In such a condition, the feeling of rejection seems to dominate the psyche of individuals who experience discomfort in their own bodies.
Conversely, acceptance for individuals experiencing a mismatch between their social and biological gender identity—first and foremost from themselves, but also from their family and the broader society—constitutes the essential psychological foundation needed for them to claim an equal place in a social environment, free from gender discrimination and racist violence.
The installation "Acceptance – A New Home for the Little Venus", as a small revolutionary act, envisions societies that will be open to the possibility of free choice and expression of individual identity. It is certain that only under these conditions can a person truly feel harmony with themselves and their environment, allowing them to grow and flourish…
Credits: Manto Vassili, Thodoris Chaniotis