The Swarm

Performed by vocal ensemble The Quorum, who represent the core of a honeybee colony, it is a metaphor for the journey towards achieving a collective identity. A ritual for social cohesion. The swarm must unify in order to survive.

Written by Heloise Tunstall-Behrens (Composer) and Auclair (Sound Design), their beekeeping practice led them to explore the sound world of bees and try to find a way to translate this experience for humans using sound and voice. In celebrating the process of swarming they hope to replace the negative stigma around this phenomenon with wonder, inspire a sense of kinship with insect life and raise awareness of the endangered status of bees.

This event is part of the Our Time on Earth exhibition and will run from 10am - 7pm each day.