Honey Fingers Collective / Sympoiesis

Spanning farming, food, artistic practice, and education, Honey Fingers Collective positions the common honeybee (Apis mellifera) as vital co-creators with humanity. This unique exhibition features collaborative works between human-made and bee-made. Gallery One at Platform Arts will have durational projects such as Bee bread, made from sourdough starter inoculated by the hive microbiome, as well as human-made art transformed by bees with edible honeycomb aspects.

Ceramic works by Zhu-Ohmu are modified by Apis mellifera, and damaged pots are ‘repaired’ with propolis. Gallery Two features Co-worker, a bee chimney in a hybrid design that fosters safe cohabitation for honeybees and humans. ‘Symphagia’ is a performative gallery picnic that invites participants to engage in a live exploration of fermentation—both as a food technology and as a form of interspecies collaboration.

This exhibition forms part of Sympoiesis, a multi-arts program of visual art, performance, and free events at Platform Arts and is supported by a City of Greater Geelong Arts Projects Grant. For more information visit, platformarts.org.au, @platformartsgeelong.