In collaboration with New York and Connecticut beekeepers, I produced Bearded Lady pure wildflower honey. Over the course of a summer I built up antibodies to bee venom in order to perform a bee beard in which thousands of honeybees hung in a swarm from my chin. The piece is has been shown as both a video installation in museum cafes where viewers can buy jars of honey and as a gallery installation. 

 

 

Photography: Peter Meretsky, Carol Sinozich

Filming: Andrew Fryband

Video Editing: Bernardo Morillo

Bottling and Transportation: Amy Madden

Consulting Apiarists: Francis Bowen, Jim Gray, Lynne Harwood

Illustration: Abby Miller

Pamphlet Design: Julie Meridy

Pamphlet Editing: Elizabeth Schambelan