INSTALLATIONS THE HIVE GALAPAGOS ART SPACE - NEW YORK THE HIVE IS AN ADAPTATION OF EURIPIDES’ GREEK TRAGEDY TROJAN WOMEN SET WITHIN A BEEHIVE IN THE MIDST OF COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER. MULTIPLE MEDIAS ARE USED IN THE SHOW INCLUDING DANCE, AERIAL, AND VIDEO. THE SET IS A BEEHIVE JUNGLE GYM OF METAL PIPES AND WOOD PLATFORMS. IT IS A COLLECTION OF INTERCONNECTED HEXAGONAL CELLS EACH OF WHICH IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HOUSE AN INDIVIDUAL. THE HIVE IS NOT JUST A THEATRICAL PIECE, BUT ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE SERIOUS CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL ISSUE OF COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER, A PHENOMENON IN WHICH WORKER BEES FROM A BEEHIVE ABRUPTLY DISAPPEAR. THE HIVE LOOKS AT CCD THROUGH THE LENS OF WAR AND THE FALL OF GREAT SOCIETIES, ENCOURAGING A VISION OF OUR WORLD THAT IS INTERCONNECTED AND INTER-SPECIED. THE HIVE WAS SPONSORED BY THE BROOKLYN ART COUNCIL (BAC).