Fragile 

 A hive is drawn out in linear form, as if from a memory, in Fragile. The repeating hexagonal structure builds a honeycomb, at once delicate and unyielding. Suspended in the air, the structure floats, weightless; a moment of pause, of nature on the precipice.

The miniscule world of the beehive is scaled up to macro form in a poetic homage to the 1,700 native, bee species we share the land with in Australia. Now experiencing population decline largely due to the use of pesticides, this divine architecture of natural form becomes a future relic for a world without wild bees.    

Created in 2018, during the artist’s residency at Ne’-Na Contemporary Art Space in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Fragile was made in collaboration with local bamboo masters.