Apian (CH)

NŌUA presents the exhibition Ministry of Bees by Apian (CH) - an ongoing research project exploring the relationship humans have developed with bees.

“Ministry of Bees is responsible for the relationship between humans and all bee species. It is tasked by bees to safeguard the history of this age-old relationship, and does so by producing polymorphous ethnographies. These ethnographies combine various media, including video, sound, photography, and writing in order to represent the world of bees to humans and promote Socialist Beekeeping practices. The Ministry aims to establish a framework for the future of this relationship in the context of climate breakdown – a future free from extractive practices and grounded in ancestral knowledge.”

Apian will transform the gallery space into an immersive and interactive room that celebrates bees and their historic relationship to mankind.

The Ministry's work has been shown at C/O Berlin (DE), Salt Gallery (TR), La Becque (CH), Images Vevey (CH), and The Photographers' Gallery (UK), just to cite a few.