Kivotos Channel: Sauna Confessions

ARK Athens

Shrouded in steam, the Sauna Confessions show presents revelations made to the dazzling female television host Gilletta from Serres.

The beings on this late-night talk show, their bodies slick with sweat from the heat, tell us about moments in their lives that left a lasting mark, that empowered and politicized them profoundly. Cutting like a razor’s edge – an allusion shared by our host’s name – these moving confessions made by vulnerable bodies slip into an activist sphere where LGBTQIA+ issues, drag performativity, sex positivity, hate and love for parents, feminism, and over-exposure are revealed as matters that formulate fragile situations.

How is this late-night show – where beauty treatments meet the cathartic, elemental power of water – to be weaponized politically? Tune in and find out!

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Credits

Featuring (in order of appearance): Chris Tsiampakaris (Gilletta), Markella Ksilogiannopoulou, (Former) Space Manifesto, Elias Adam, Eva Giannakopoulou, Styliana Ioannou, Katerina Kalentzi, Argyris Marinis, Christina Mavrommati, Gary Salomon, Christina Charis Stelliou, Ilias Gkionis

Texts: Chris Tsiampakaris, Ilias Gkionis, Markella Ksilogiannopoulou, (Former) Space Manifesto, Christina Charis Stelliou, Gary Salomon

Direction & Dramaturgy: Elias Adam

Set, Costumes: Eva Giannakopoulou

Costume/Procuration of Gilletta’s Look: Chris Tsiampakaris

Costume/Procuration of (Former) Space Manifesto’s Look: (Former) Space Manifesto

Original Music: Gary Salomon

Makeup: Nicolas Mits aka Mitsi Lou

Hair Styling: VANG Hairdressers School

Production Management: Cultόpια

Filming Credits

Director of Photography: Petros Goritsas

2nd camera operator, data wrangler: Apostolis Koutsianikolis

3rd camera operator: Alexandros Papathanasopoulos

Editor: Alkis Papastathopoulos

Sound Engineer, Sound Design, Mix: Daphne Farazi

Graphics: Eva Giannakopoulou

Video – Gilletta presentation: Chris Tsiampakaris

Gaffer: Spyros Angelopoulos

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

Production Assistant: Vangelis Panagiotopoulos

Thanks to Hammam Baths Athens for the hospitality

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.

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