August 29, 2015: Aesclepion Temple and Surrounds, Copyright Casondra Sobieralski, 2015. Please contact photographer for permission to use.
Copyright Casondra Sobieralski, 2015. Please contact photographer for permission to use.
This batch of photos represents my fifth day's exploration -- part 1-- of the Island of Skopelos, where I did a 2.5 week artist-in-residency at the ever-enchanting Skopelos Foundation for the Arts.
I was really there to do a video installation, so these photos were just my way of exploring and establishing a sense of place.
This batch is for the archaeology buffs, no visual candy. This is an Aesclepion healing temple that is being excavated. The local health clinic is named after this temple.
Followers of this myth-magic-medicine nexus practiced (among other methods) dream incubation. Practitioners would sleep in the temples and ask for dreams to help solve their ailments. Sometimes their dreams revealed literal "cures," like a specific herb to take. Sometimes they revealed stories that helped people unravel the underlying emotional or relational root of an ailment.
Remember, you can click on these thumbnails to see large versions.
Got 11 minutes, 6 seconds? See the video I installed at SkopArts. Installation was life size: https://vimeo.com/139816791
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