Yet another interesting art installation is coming together in our fine city. Forget the Icehouse, that was so Winter of 2010. The sun is out, the trees are green, and summer is here. So, it makes sense to these kids are putting together a giant beehive in the Russell Industrial Center. Why? Well, why not? 'The Beehive Project' was displayed during Movement as a place to gather and talk, representing the communal aspects of bees.
Here's more information from their website:
The beehive sculpture, which is constructed primarily from salvaged wood
and donated fabrics, is 12-feet in diameter and is filled with
comfortable seating structures, a conference table, and a small library
of books about Detroit. The sculpture will also serve as a distribution
site for a publication featuring a contemporary re-imagining of Vergil's
Georgics IV, a classical poem on beekeeping. The collaborative team
hopes that the intimate yet thought-provoking qualities of the
sculptural environment create a space for relationship and informal
conversation about the history, present experience, and trajectory of
Detroit. They are interested in inviting festival-goers and performers
into critical conversations about the cultural, social, and economic
conditions of the city that allow them to experience and re-envision the
urgent social engagement and vital creative production occurring within
the city.
For more information on this giant beehive go
here.
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