BEEKEEPING FOR ALL
2013, TORONTO, CANADA
EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
CURATED BY DAVID BUCKLAND AND CLAIRE L. SKYES
In every bee colony, thousands of individuals work in a highly intelligent, co-dependent and hierarchical manner to build hives, and in the act of doing so, provide a fundamental service to all of nature and, almost incidentally, to human survival. Without pollination, there is no agriculture. Without bees transmitting genetic information triggering the creation of new life, new food, new beauty, and growth, we as humans cannot nourish successive generations or ourselves.
In Beekeeping for All, Toronto architect Janna Levitt and Vancouver-based artist Myfanwy MacLeod collaborated in the spirit of agitprop, to present the kiosk as a place for the gathering and sharing of practical information about ways individuals and communities can work together in the common effort to fight Colony Collapse Disorder and climate change. They wish to ignite awareness of these vital issues through ‘ground up’ community involvement and action.
Thanks to Bi-Ying Miao and Matt Compeau of Hot Pop Factory, Lee Meszaros and Julian Gosper
Photos: Toni Hafkenscheid