Why did the bees leave?
Video sculpture 2010
Video projection onto floating chloroprene balloon, size variable.
Video: 2: 45 min, loop

 

 

 

 

A macro-image of the world slowly zooms in, initially showing a bird's eye view of a city. It continues to zoom onto a blossom tree in a park, ultimately landing on a close-up image of a fruit tree flower where a groups of workers attend the work of bees. they perform in synchronized movement the pollination.

The workers must first collect pollen from the flowers by scrubbing it off the anther into a bowl. They need to let it dry for two days, and then they dip feather dusters in the bowl and apply the pollen to the flowers stigmas.
The honeybee, a creature perfectly engineered to perform the task, with a body designed to trap pollen and a work ethic that leaves no petal unturned, are seeking in high numbers. 

 

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