Bee Lines Through the City at Shieldfield Art Works, 2022.
This exhibition explored the importance and interconnectedness of bees to nature’s diverse ecosystems. Close to 75% of the world’s crops producing fruits and seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on pollinators for sustained production, yield and quality. Yet bees, as one of the key pollinators, are under threat from use of agrichemicals, loss of habitat, climate change and the varroa mite parasite. We investigated how humans can support bees in the city through sustainable, local food growing and better urban planning.
The exhibition featured Symphony in C: A contemporary dance commission responding to new music inspired by bumblebees who vibrate at middle C to unlock pollen from plants. Featuring music by Chris Garrard, Rupert Embleton-Smith & Wildwood Kin and choreography and video installation by Francesca Willow, investigating how we can collectively care for the natural world and combat climate change.
