The Hive.
Thrilled to announce that Will Cuthbert and I have been selected as one of the winning design teams for the 2022 Winter Station art installation competition. Out design, “The Hive”, was selected as one of six winning submissions from over 200 participants.
Winter Stations is an international design competition held annually in Toronto. The competition invites participants to create original art installations that are showcased along the waterfront of the Toronto Beaches neighborhood for a six-week exhibition.
The theme for the 2022 competition was “Resilience”, and we modelled our structure after a honey beehive. Our submission captivated the judges with its unique representation of resilience. For a detailed description of our design, please refer below, and for more information about our design process, please visit here.
“The resilience witnessed among communities in the face of challenging and unprecedented times is paralleled among the honey bee. Honey bee colonies are primary composed of worker bees whose greatest measure of resilience is maintaining hive temperature throughout the cold winter months. This is achieved by adapting worker behaviour to use energy from stored honey to generate body heat within a tight hive cluster. The challenge of keeping the hive warm is met by a colony level response – much like the collaborative community level response that is mounted in the face of adversity.
The installation is designed with a hexagonal structure reminiscent of a honey bee colony, and it highlights the colour variation of honey, which is the result of diverse floral resources. Individuals are welcomed to experience the visual diversity of a honey bee hive and work together to form a collaborative community level hive cluster.”
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