Tomás Libertiny

This Slovakian-born engineer is presently living in Rotterdam and is making his name with limited edition vases made by bees. To coerce his bees to create the shapes that interest him, Libertiny created a scaffolding of a Ming vase, and then placed it in a box and put the bees in with it. They produced a wax vessel in 7–12 days— but once they do it, they resist doing it again. They know something is odd. Says Moss, “Libertiny reminds me of a 16thcentury person who’d make objects for the cabinets of curiosity, the Wunderkammer. There’s a synthesis between nature and an intervention by man that results in a piece of art.”

Photo by Mark Heithoff