BIRTHPLACE (2004) / fragments

BIRTHPLACE / the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
conceived, visualised and directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU
birthplace2004.com
ten years on
a blog celebrating our memories of the ceremony
with new documentary material by ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI
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BIRTHPLACE (2004) / fragments
documentary video by ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI
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BIRTHPLACE / creative team
conceived, visualised and directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU
co-creation, music concept creator YORGOS KOUMENDAKIS
set designer LILI PEZANOU
lighting designer & director ELEFTHERIA DEKO
choreographer ANGELIKI STELLATOU
costume designer SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI
video director & producer ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI
ceremonies texts LINA NIKOLAKOPOULOU
pyrotechnic design CHRISTOPHE BERTHONNEAU
clepsydra segment-visual concept & direction ANGELOS MENDIS
coordinator of the creative-associate director TINA PAPANIKOLAOU
full credits here: birthplace2004.com/credits
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BIRTHPLACE / documentary videos
directed and produced by ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI (haosfilm.com)
chief editor MATT JOHNSON
video ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, ISAAC MATHES, MARGARITA MANDA, ATHENS 2004 AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVE, JACK MORTON WORLDWIDE
editing SANDRINE CHEYROL, MARINA GIOTI, MARIA HATZAKOU
ceremony tv broadcast ATHENS OLYMPIC BROADCASTING
This documentary video was first presented at the exhibition “A Greek Ceremony: Exhibition of Costumes and Objects from the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games” at the Beijing Capital Museum, between 20 May and 6 July 2008, as part of the Cultural Year of Greece in China. The exhibition, curated and designed by Lili Pezanou, was then transferred to the National Glyptotheque in Athens, Greece between 8 and 20 December 2009.
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dimitrispapaioannou.com
birthplace2004.com
cavafy13.com
papaioannou.page
papaioannou_d
vimeo.com/papaioannou

[@ΈλεναΓιαννοπούλου-θ1ω]

Πέρασαν είκοσι ολόκληρα χρόνια για να καταλάβουμε κάποιοι από εμάς πόσο ασύλληπτα όμορφο ήταν!

[@konstantinosmanolis1910]

This guy got so much weight on his shoulders so much history and he DELIVERED!! HISTORY will remember him !! What a great guy

[@PepyAugoustatos]

It was the best opening ever and completely unsurpassable.

[@tseamus8288]

Athens 2004 will always be remembered in my heart :):)

[@apofiesta7421]

άνθρωπος δεν θα μπορούσε να φτιάξει κάτι τέτοιο, μόνον ο εγκέφαλος του παπαϊωάννου. θα τον ευχαριστούμε με κάθε ευκαιρία.

[@basicelement]

Mr. Papaioannou we are grateful !!! Thank you 💙

[@josefcamilleri6934]

AMAZING

[@atw5195]

this is masterpiece!!

[@OscarVillaofficial]

the best

[@Aavzgvuuh]

The best ❤

[@massimoguastadini634]

interessante.

[@raniapasheko3491]

Amazing

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Read all about this and complete backstage, behind-the-scene stories of how they put together the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies in my book, SECRETS OF THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES, available on amazon.