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All samples are collected in the Urban Bee Lab, my apiary and rooftop garden laboratory in the center of Brussels. I made the images with a Scanning Electron Microscope at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), in the lab of chemical engineering, | All samples are collected in the Urban Bee Lab, my apiary and rooftop garden laboratory in the center of Brussels. I made the images with a Scanning Electron Microscope at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), in the lab of chemical engineering, | ||
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- | //sala 17 (plan) and Bee Agency photos | + | //sala 17 (plan) and Bee Agency photos |
Panels: 190 x 244 (large), 150 x 244 (small) | Panels: 190 x 244 (large), 150 x 244 (small) | ||
Photos: 160 x 213 (large), 80 x 80 (small)// | Photos: 160 x 213 (large), 80 x 80 (small)// | ||
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+ | A group of brightly coloured totems display a range of plexiglass boxes with objects and materials relating to the endangered Apis melifera species and to their vanishing ecosystems. The combination radiates an uncomfortable feeling of forensic investigation, | ||
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//objects for the totems: Locus Delicti, Distopia of the Senses// | //objects for the totems: Locus Delicti, Distopia of the Senses// | ||
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- | 1. Piece of Comb (140x15x15) | + | 1. Piece of Comb - RAL 4003 (140x15x15) |
- | 2. Golden Beehive (50x38x38) | + | 2. Golden Beehive |
- | 3. Wax Hexagon (150x30x31) | + | 3. Wax Hexagon |
- | 4. Tree Trunk (110x15x16) | + | 4. Tree Trunk - RAL 3014 (110x15x16) |
- | 5. Dead Bees (140x16x15) | + | 5. Dead Bees - RAL 2010 (140x16x15) |
- | 6. South|East|West (130x25x16) | + | 6. South|East|West |
+ | 7. Honey Batteries - RAL 4006 (130x30x15) - Traffic Purple | ||
- | A group of 6 brightly colored totems is installed in the middle of sala 17. The totems vary in height, ranging from 110cm high to 150cm high. The primary material of the totems is wood, painted white. This basis is clad with all kinds of fluorescent transparent plastics (orange, bright red, luminous blue) and bright colors representing the attractive colores of flowers. On the pedestals is a range of plexiglass boxes on display. All boxes contain bee/ | + | A group of 6 brightly colored totems is installed in the middle of sala 17. The totems vary in height, ranging from 110cm high to 150cm high. The primary material of the totems is wood, painted white. This basis is clad with all kinds of fluorescent transparent plastics (orange, bright red, luminous blue) and bright colors representing the attractive colores of flowers. On the pedestals is a range of plexiglass boxes on display. All boxes contain bee/ |
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+ | The bee's eyes, like those of other insects, differ greatly from human eyes. They consist of a pair of compound eyes made up of numerous six-sided facets. They also have three simple eyes. Despite this, their vision is believed to be sharp for a distance of only about 1 m (3 ft.). | ||
+ | Bees, however, are capable of seeing ultraviolet light, which is invisible to humans. The bee is capable of navigating by ultraviolet light, which even penetrates cloud cover. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) also use the sun as a reference point to communicate to other bees the angle of flight to be followed to arrive at newly discovered nectar-bearing flowers. | ||
+ | Compound eyes are composed of a great number of facets. Below each facet is an individual light gathering structure called an Ommatidium. The facet on an ommatidium acts as a cornea. Like our own cornea this serves to focus the light. The focused beam moves through a crystalline matrix and shines on Retinula Cells which convert it to an electrical impulse. This impulse can be carried to the brain for interpretation. The brain is able to put all these tiny pictures together into a mosaic. While a compound eye cannot register the fine detail of our own eyes, it is particularly good at detecting and following motion. | ||
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+ | //bee spectrum vs. human spectrum, bee vision, regular sunflower and ultraviolet sunflower// | ||
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+ | Flower colour is of great importance in various fields relating to floral biology and pollinator behaviour. However, subjective human judgements of flower colour may be inaccurate and are irrelevant to the ecology and vision of the flower' | ||
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=====film: the Variation Games===== | =====film: the Variation Games===== | ||
- | The video is an edit of a year long audiovisual observation | + | Variation Games are games where the set of rules is constantly adapted by the players. |
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