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Drylands Institute is proud to announce our sponsorship of “Resonating Bodies”, a series of mixed media installations, community outreach projects and educational initiatives which focuses on biodiversity of pollinators indigenous to the natural and urban ecosystems of Toronto, Canada.

“Resonating Bodies – Bumble Domicile”
July 4-27, 2008 at *new* gallery, 906 Queen W., Toronto
a co-presentation between InterAccess Media Arts Centre and New Adventures in Sound Art

Sarah Peebles, Rob King, Anne Barros, Robert Cruickshank

Collaborating researchers: Laurence Packer (York University), Jessamyn Manson (University of Toronto), Peter Hallett (University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum), Stephen Buchmann (University of Tucson, Drylands Institute, Pollinator Partnership)

In July, 2008, the integrated media installation “Bumble Domicile” marked the first public activity of RB. The installation highlighted distinct features of bumble bees through an observation hive, adjacent garden, visual and audio transformations, DATA visualization, scent, touch, and biological information. “Bumble Domicile” also involved neighborhood gardeners and youth, a series of “bee trading cards”, web-based activities and the speakers series “Indigenous Pollinators, Habitat and Co-evolution”, which featured the collaborating researchers and artists. “Resonating Bodies” also established a bee condo in a local park Ñ known as “Pink Bee/Wasp Condo” – as both a tool to gather information for future installations, and as a public educational initiative and resource.

Resonating Bodies continues as an informative and engaging web site, a series of YouTube and Vimeo (higher resolution) videos, community interactions, and, development of a second integrated media installation which will focus on the biodiversity of solitary pollinators and their co-evolution with plants in the Toronto region.

resonatingbodies.wordpress.com

Resonating Bodies has been generously supported by the Drylands Institute, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, New Adventures in Sound Art and the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation. Assisted also by Pollinator Partnership / NAPPC, Pollination Canada, The Barcode of Life Data Systems, and our collaborating researchers.

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