Ruches
Aladin Borioli’s interest in beehives stems from his grandfather, who was a beekeeper. Trained in visual arts at ECAL/École cantonale d’art de Lausanne and in anthropology at the Freie Universität Berlin, he has been developing a vast body of work since 2014, consisting of photographs, videos, sounds, and ethnographic material. His long-term project, which subtly blends artistic and scientific approaches, spans photography, architecture, anthropology, and ethology. On the occasion of the Images Festival, Borioli is publishing a book that presents a new history of the beehive through hundreds of archival documents. This fascinating visual glossary traces the diversity of architectures invented by humans for bees from 2400 BCE to 1852, the date of the first patent filing for the so-called “modern” hive. The artist chose this symbolic period to demonstrate the great inventiveness that the hive experienced before entering, later on, into a phase of dormancy. The exhibition “Hives” illustrates the millennia-old relationship between humans and bees, reminding us of the crucial role this insect plays in our shared ecosystem.
The “Hives” cycle won the Images Vevey Research & Developpement Grant 2019/2020, supported by Nestlé
This exhibition is a collaboration between Images Vevey and La Becque | Artist Residency located in La Tour-de-Peilz, which encourages artistic projects exploring the relationships between nature, environment, and technology. Aladin Borioli was one of the recipients of the EXECAL Residencies at La Becque in the summer of 2019, during which he worked on the project An Intimacy Machine.
As part of this exhibition, Images Vevey and RVB Books are co-publishing the book Ruches/Hives.
Ruches
Aladin Borioli’s interest in beehives stems from his grandfather, who was a beekeeper. Trained in visual arts at ECAL/École cantonale d’art de Lausanne and in anthropology at the Freie Universität Berlin, he has been developing a vast body of work since 2014, consisting of photographs, videos, sounds, and ethnographic material. His long-term project, which subtly blends artistic and scientific approaches, spans photography, architecture, anthropology, and ethology. On the occasion of the Images Festival, Borioli is publishing a book that presents a new history of the beehive through hundreds of archival documents. This fascinating visual glossary traces the diversity of architectures invented by humans for bees from 2400 BCE to 1852, the date of the first patent filing for the so-called “modern” hive. The artist chose this symbolic period to demonstrate the great inventiveness that the hive experienced before entering, later on, into a phase of dormancy. The exhibition “Hives” illustrates the millennia-old relationship between humans and bees, reminding us of the crucial role this insect plays in our shared ecosystem.
The “Hives” cycle won the Images Vevey Research & Developpement Grant 2019/2020, supported by Nestlé
This exhibition is a collaboration between Images Vevey and La Becque | Artist Residency located in La Tour-de-Peilz, which encourages artistic projects exploring the relationships between nature, environment, and technology. Aladin Borioli was one of the recipients of the EXECAL Residencies at La Becque in the summer of 2019, during which he worked on the project An Intimacy Machine.
As part of this exhibition, Images Vevey and RVB Books are co-publishing the book Ruches/Hives.
