Exhibition “Sunday Women” – Stories of Georgian domestic workers in Athens
The Sunday Women exhibition is an attempt to present the immigrant community of Georgian women in Athens in the broader context of their role in the field of housekeeping in the city’s households.
The photographs in the exhibition focus on the life of the Georgian community as it unfolds in the living space of its own homes. Women who raise children on their own and work as caretakers or cleaners, women who work as housewives and on Sundays are visited by relatives and friends, women who have just arrived in Greece or have lost their jobs and are staying.
The houses of Georgian women are characterized by mobility and are places of a wider immigration network of mutual support and empowerment.
The home space is collectivized, especially in the case of joint rental of houses by women who work internally. A report of Tatiana Mavromati & Lora Maragoudaki
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Location: Kamiros (Ithaca 32, Kypseli) Google Map access instructions
Days and hours of operation: Monday to Friday 19.30-23.00 | Saturday & Sunday 11.00-15.00 & 18.00-22.00
Admission Free – all COVID-19 protection measures will be observed / Admission upon presentation of vaccination certificate / disease or negative test (rapid / PCR).
Tatiana Mavromati is a photographer. He has been photographing the Georgian community since 2014, seeking to visualize aspects of Georgian women’s lives that are overlooked by the dominant narratives around immigrant communities: highlighting their dynamics, mutual support structures, and strategic survival in the face of exclusion. Tatiana’s photographic gaze looks at life in the metropolis through the active, multicultural communities that compose it, highlighting the wealth of these communities.
Lora Maragoudaki is an artist and director. Her work combines documentary with visual and visual research. She is interested in the collective and individual narratives that compose the stories and her artistic practice combines elements of oral history, the use of common archives and the collaboration with the communities themselves.