Kivotos Channel: Tilekivotos

Ria sings “And if the great flood comes again, you’ll be the ark for me” [taken from a late-’90s Greek pop song by Katy Garbi] and blows kisses to her viewers.

This female television presenter is here for everyone who’s stayed up late specially to see her. They know that Ria is hot and generous and – above all – cares. A girl-next-door who struggled hard to make it, she stands by the side of all those striving too. S M I T A L I P A C is tonight’s conundrum. As always, she helps the audience by revealing the answer’s first letter, and the calls come flooding in. “Words ending in –ism are always tough…” she notes, before requesting more help for her viewers. But the faceless production control room refuses to give out cold hard cash in these terribly difficult times. Who will win the day after – Ria’s conscience, or capitalism?

The show takes a strange turn when our sweet host decides to rebel – not just for her own benefit, but for all her callers across the globe too, stoically up so late! Women workers of the world, unite!

Credits

Featuring: Ria Adamopoulou

Voices by: Eva Giannakopoulou, Markella Ksilogiannopoulou, Christina Charis Stelliou

Text and Dramaturgy: (Former) Space Manifesto

Excerpts of the final text were created by improvisations featuring Eva Giannakopoulou and Markella Ksilogiannopoulou

Direction & Dramaturgical Adaptation: Elias Adam

Costumes & Set: Eva Giannakopoulou

Opening Titles – Original Music: Gary Salomon / Tune composition: (Former) Space Manifesto

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.