Between Vapour and Pollen
Where bees hum and mines echo, a fragile balance between labour and care emerges
In Idrija, where the earth has yielded mercury since 1490, men once descended daily into darkness. Below ground, they carried the weight of stone, metal, and toxic air. Above ground, some turned to gentler work, they became beekeepers.
This installation reveals who these men were beyond the mine: their care, their connection to nature, and their lives between two worlds.
Vapour and pollen ; labour and care. It reflects on what it means to find softness and lightness within even the most industrial landscapes.
Created during my residency with If Paradise Is Half As Nice (IPIHAN 15) in Idrija, Slovenia
A collective that transforms abandoned spaces into site specific works in dialogue with place.