Aladin Borioli (CH)

The Beehive Metaphor is an ongoing research project by artist Aladin Borioli exploring the relationship humans have developed with bees. Using a wide range of materials and technologies his work aims to find alternative ways of living and interacting with bees on a more egalitarian basis.This project consists of a rich variety of research methods and diverse bodies of work encompassing text, photography, video and audio. The exhibition, features Borioli’s book Hives 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E., the website The Intimacy Machine, the Hiss cassette, the Inzerki photographic series and The Beehive Metaphor work, consisting of sculptures and photographs. 

Aladin Borioli (b. 1988, CH) studied graphic design at the École d’arts appliqués de La Chaux-de-Fonds, photography at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL), and holds an MA in visual and media anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin. His work operates at the nexus of art, science, and beekeeping and he has received awards and fellowships in both the arts and the sciences, most recently a fellowship at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg. The artist’s works have been shown at the Images Vevey festival, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel (both Switzerland), and elsewhere.