The Sanatorium of the deported at Ikaria figure Icarus who along with his father, the inventor Daedalus made wings to fly with of feathers and pasted them together with wax. His father warned Icarus to fly too close to the sun because the wax will melt and Icarus will crash. The son did not listen to his father and crashed near the island and then the island became named Ikaria. Dimitris Dalianis (the author) was arrested in the spring of 1948, in Athens for illegal left winged activities together with several thousand other supporters of ELAS. Several of these were shipped off into exile to remote islands
Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees from video to film for theatrical presentation. Blair performs in the film, which additionally features a cameo by William Burroughs. As an anti-war statement, "Wax" provided an early critique of the Gulf War and current-day drone warfare. A combination of innovative digital animation, found footage, and live action, "Wax"’s visual form is a unique representation of the technologies and politics that it critiques, which still reverberate today. "Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees" and "Waxweb" have been supported by substantial grants, co-production, and international sales. Grants for this project include three awards from the New York State