Et In Arcadia: A Re-embodiment of the Frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassai

The frieze of the temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassai, the Arcadia region of the Peloponnese, is one of the most suggestive examples of reliefs from the end of the 5th century B.C., now preserved in the British Museum. Since 2009, a group of artists directed by Jorge Egea and Ramon Casanova, professors at the Department of Sculpture, University of Barcelona, has studied the frieze with the same interest that artists in 19th century revisited the archaeological ruins. Grouped under the name Equipo Confluencias The Crossing Lab, they recapture the original gaze of art, using the basic techniques of drawing and photography to update the meaning of classical art and to reveal new readings for contemporary observers. This book presents a collection of unpublished texts and images concerning the interpretation of the frieze of Apollo Epikourios, analysing the work through knowledge gained from artistic practice, that leads us to the concept of re-embodiment . The results of this project, undertaken at the British Museum, will be exhibited at the Museum of Classical Archaeology of the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge