And what is more archaic than the ‘Lernaean Hydra’? In our dreams, we act in a role of self-conscious agents with linguistic capabilities, but we also communicate with our archaic features where traces from the past appear. While we are asleep, the control of our daytime consciousness is relaxed, and our subconscious mental processes continue their operation on an “archaic” or infantile level. There are many questions that need to be answered: What are dreams? How are they identified? What is their personal and social role? Can we interpret their content? Is there a language or a logic of dreams? Can we use that language in reality as a way of expression? What is the impact of dreams in reality? I can continue asking a lot of difficult questions but I will leave that to the experts in psychology and philosophy. It is true, I tend to focus on those internal mental processes and experiences that are frequently conjoined with our sleeping. What does this boundary represent for you in relation to the themes of depression, anxiety and the subconscious? In your work you seem to explore the boundary between dream and reality. After all, the shadow is a universal archetype. Who knows, maybe it's a collective unconscious. What we are afraid of, or whatever we need to work out with ourselves will arise and appear into reality and that is tempting because it is a way for our subconscious to meet and reach one another. But we can’t actually see what lies beneath the surface since it’s our subconscious that is revealed. We believe that in those obscure areas there is probably a source of trouble. I’m just embracing what is lurking into shadows as usually, we dislike them. Besides having an uncanny and nocturnal appeal, do they have any other function? Your play with shadows is apparent in your imagery. In an interview with GUP, Drolapas shares his thoughts on the project and his approach to photography. In a symbolic way, this act represents one’s constant attempts to destroy the shadow instead of accepting it and keeping the psyche in control. Hercules attempted to kill it by cutting her heads but as a result, multiple heads re-grown from each severed neck. She appeared to be the shadow, or the ugly side of the ego which one tried to constantly suppress. Inspired by Greek mythology, ‘Lernaean Hydra’ is a name referring to a gigantic, nine-headed water serpent associated with the underworld. His last work ‘Lernaean Hydra’ is a symbolic exploration of depression, anxiety and the role of the subconscious in everyday life. He studied Physics and IT University of Athens and has steadily pursued photography. Anargyros Drolapas is a Greek photographer living in Athens.
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