{"product_id":"aladin-borioli-hives-2400-bce-1852-ce","title":"Aladin Borioli: Hives: 2400 Bce-1852 CE","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the birth of the modern beehive in 1852, structural innovation in hive construction has entered a dormant period. By favoring the standardized box hive, beekeeping turns its back on the 4,400 years of architectural diversity that came before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an attempt to rectify this stagnation and to recover a fascinating fragment of design history, Aladin Borioli has maintained an open-ended and ongoing research project, Apian, which uses theoretical, iconographic and ethnographic methods to dissect the relationship between bees and humans. Originally published by RVB Books in 2020, this pocket-size, bilingual (English\/French) artist’s book traces archival evidence of the beehive from as far back as 2400 BCE. Borioli rejects a fixed narrative and makes way for polymorphism: introducing graphic design, photography and writing to retell the story of beehives. The 375 images offer a glimpse into this prolific history of architecture for nonhumans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAladin Borioli (born 1988) lives and works between Bevaix, Switzerland, and London. He holds a BA in photography from the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne and an MA in visual and media anthropology from the Freie Universität Berlin. He is currently pursuing a certificate program in critical philosophy at the New Centre for Research and Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ice Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68095689195801,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1882\/8385\/files\/61UaCw7zx5L._SL1000.jpg?v=1793239788","url":"https:\/\/otherbooksla.com\/products\/aladin-borioli-hives-2400-bce-1852-ce","provider":"other books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}