ascending swarm
screenprint on recycled paperboard, magnets, nails, inkjet on paper, messages related to labor exploitation submitted by over 100 community members, 2015
Bees have a variety of portrayals, both as messengers and workers but also as something dangerous, something to be feared. Particularly when they swarm. The messages these bees carry are personal accounts of labor exploitation that were submitted by over 100 community members.