Wild velvet is the embrace of tenderness with harshness. The coexistence of the soft with the rough; the bold with the innocent.

It is the soul's thirst to live within the body but also beyond it. The ritual of crime. It is love, madness, and revenge. The intoxication of delinquency.

Sin as a springboard for intense emotions and addictions, shattering the boundaries of the established and the natural. The characters who sacrifice their existence to exist, the rebels as well as the lovers of everyday life.

It is the irrational contradiction that opens the gates to a world where everything is open and possible. In Maria Kouyoumtzi's stories, the erotic and incorruptible aspect of life is revealed.

A universe of saints and demons, where people shake off their misery and move proudly toward disorder and chaos, seeking in upheaval the long-desired redemption.