Donor/instigator
Nikolaos Balagiannis

Implemented by
THE BOOK OF HEROES Non-for-Profit Organisation

Members
Nikolaos Balagiannis, Anna Ganci-Balagiannis

Legal representative
Konstantinos Bokos

Concept and general direction
Chris Savvidis

Architectural concept and design
Myrto Kiourti

Design of the Hero
Elli Chrysidou

The work was designed collaboratively at every stage, as a visual
art installation of architectural scale, with the contribution of
the Consultants on the Theoretical Approach.

General contractor, metalwork
Giorgos Kassaras

Digital image processing
Giorgos Papalexandrou

3D modeling and sculpting
Alexis Totiev

Lighting design
AS LIGHT — Anna Sboko, Ioanna Kotoula, Katerina Petrocheilou

Visual identity
Dionysis Livanis, Konstantinos Trichas

3D renderings
Nikos Nikolopoulos Creative Lighting

Website design
Max Ryan

Website update
Maritina Giakoumi TOP MEDIA

English copy editing
Anna Balagiannis

Social media
Margarita Sotiriadou

Documentation (video and photography)
Dimitris Kleanthis, Yannis Chorozidis, Spyros Kokkalakis, Angelos
Pantazis

Artistic direction
Chris Savvidis

ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

Workshops
Chris Savvidis, Anna Balagiannis, Elli Chrysidou, Leanne Tonagh

Workshop coordination
Theano Paschali

Local coordination
Giannis Vellios, Konstantinos Katsavochristos, Margarita
Sotiropoulou

Documentation (video and photography)
Yannis Chorozidis

THE STUDIO

Equipment design
Yannis Chorozidis

Head of interviews
Margarita Sotiropoulou

Coordination
Konstantinos Katsavochristos

Sotirios Bahtsetzis is the Chair of the Department of Culture, Creative Media and Industries at the University of Thessaly, and Associate Professor with an academic specialization in “Theory of Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practices.” He holds a summa cum laude PhD in Art History from the TU Berlin, with a dissertation on the historical analysis of installation art in the twentieth century.

Stelios Giamarelos is an architect, historian and theorist with a multi-disciplinary background in architecture engineering, architectural history and theory, and history and philosophy of science and technology, and Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), where he coordinates the doctoral programmes in Architectural Design and Architectural & Urban History & Theory. 
He lives and works in London.

Maria Papadimitriou is a contemporary visual artist. She is a professor of visual arts at the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly in Volos Greece. In 2015, she represented Greece at the 56th Venice Biennale with her work “Why Look at Animals? AGRIMIKA.” 
She lives and works between Athens and Volos.

Max Spielmann (Prof.) studied medicine and has worked in the audiovisual sector since 1984. He then shifted to the areas of interactive media and exhibitions and in 1998 co-founded the Institute HyperWerk at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW. His main areas of research are participatory media, art/design in transformation, regional development and design.
Lives and works in Switzerland

Peter Tonagh
His portfolio of leadership roles reflects deep expertise in media, technology, and cultural sector development.
Chairman of Nine Entertainment, Australia’s largest cross-platform media company, and Chairman of Quantium Australia’s largest AI and machine learning company. 
Lives and works in Australia