Date of Award
5-2015
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Mass Communication and Media Arts
First Advisor
Bursell, Cade
Second Advisor
Lewison, Sarah
Third Advisor
Needham, Jay
Abstract
This paper contextualizes my MFA thesis exhibition Honeybee Collectives, exploring the themes of affective interspecies relationships, human community building, expanded cinema, and socially engaged art. Honeybee Collectives is a site-specific multimedia installation about honeybees and communities that includes documentation of my first year as a beekeeper, sculpture, food, and interactive performance. This paper interweaves details about the exhibition with facts about honeybee biology, behavior, and folklore and reflections about my personal background with anti-hierarchical feminist organizing and collaboration.
2. Honeybee Collectives documentation.mov (673175 kB)
3. Mud Farm Bees.mov (926295 kB)
4. All Species Puppet Parade-computer.mp4 (287833 kB)
5. Telling the Bees-from installation.mov (287132 kB)
6. Dream Generator.mov (911707 kB)
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