September 1, 2015: Panormos Underwater, Skopelos Boat Harbor

This batch of photos represents my eighth day's exploration 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. 

Mostly I shot underwater video here, until I started getting prickly stings from jelly fish.  So just a few photos...

Yeah, jelly fish. Apparently it almost NEVER happens in the waters of Skopelos.  I didn't have my glasses on, so I thought someone lost some fishing line that got tangled. Then I started feeling these little electric zaps.  I thought maybe they were electric shrimp, like I experienced snorkeling in Maui in 2005.  Then it started getting unbearable.  Swam back to shore.  Everyone was complaining about the jellyfish.  Dah!  Call me land lubber.

Got 11 minutes, 6 seconds? See the video I installed at SkopArts. Installation was life size: https://vimeo.com/139816791