Kivotos Channel: Mamades

A bizarre late-night television outing for parents and caregivers, moms [the “mamades” of the title] and femininities, and all those who self-identify in this way.

The program adopts the format of a morning self-help talk show, answering letters sent in by viewers. Moms in this world of the day after offer up empowering advice on the impasses posed by parenthood, social stereotypes, and the emotional or physical misadventures we face as caregivers.

Femininities – endlessly charged with the duty of providing care and maintaining the “order” of things – rise up in rebellion, proposing extended family structures, LGBTQIA++ kinships, and rowdy appearances wearing baby carriers wherever they aren’t welcome.

Credits

Featuring: Eva Giannakopoulou, Gary Salomon

Text: Eva Giannakopoulou

Direction & Dramaturgy: Elias Adam, Eva Giannakopoulou

Set & Costumes: Eva Giannakopoulou

Original Music: Gary Salomon

Makeup: Nicolas Mits aka Mitsi Lou

Hair Styling: VANG Hairdressers School

Creative Producer: Rania Mavriki| Cultόpια

Filming Credits

1st camera operator: Petros Goritsas

2nd camera operator, data wrangler: Apostolis Koutsianikolis

Editor: Alexandros Papathanasopoulos

Sound Engineer, Sound Design, Mix: Daphne Farazi

Graphics, Green Screen: Eva Giannakopoulou

Gaffer: Spyros Angelopoulos

Production/Production Manager/Assistant Director: Polymnia Papadopoulou-Sardeli

Production Assistant: Vangelis Panagiotopoulos

The project was collectively created through a 2-month intensive lab. The curatorial team and the creative community jointly developed the content and the aesthetics, in such a way that the content is intellectual co-creation of all participants.

Kivotos Channel is produced by Onassis Stegi within the framework of the project Moving Borders which is co-funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.