Online discussion: "Ultra" Kinship

Framer Framed

Online discussion that imagines alternative ways to practice care and support.

The story of the Chao Family, later also known as Chao Co-op or Chao Productions, can—despite all of its longings to found something new and revolutionary—be seen as just another emotional story of human relations at their best and worst. There is a mother, there is a child, there are joys and betrayals and everyday struggles. There is love and fear and hate.This video essay has been edited by Naniko, one of the newest participants of the family, and therefore a subjective observation and processing of sorts. The footage is from various other friends and members of the Chao constellation and spans the time of Miaozi's pregnancy to the present, one-and-a-half year later. The constellation, the name, and ways of collaborating have evolved; financial struggles pervade everything. Sometimes the group is a working cooperative, sometimes an art &amp; design collective, or maybe even—cāo, which sounds like chāo and means “fuck”—a fucking family.Discussion: what are the difficulties of raising a child outside of marriage or couplehood in a society reigned by heteronormativity and having children outside of heterosexual wedlock is not welcomed legally and culturally? How can we build the network of support for non-binary and non-bound-by-blood polymaternalism to grow? What are the difficulties in practising this sort of alternative kinship (e.g. financial difficulty)? In this discussion, we would like to invite you to join us to imagine how to practice care and support in such a kinship, and to find some possible solutions to address these concerns.

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