(100 PITCHERS) OFHONEY :: Michael Hooker

7.22.17

CUNSTHAUS

CUNSTHAUS is pleased to present (100 Pitchers) ofHoney, a multi-media installation by Micheal Hooker, an arts-based psychology writer and performance artist. Grounded in embodiment practices used in art and therapy, Hooker’s work is influenced by relational participation and archaic rituals that shape our language and worldviews. In an attempt to reflect these intersections, Hooker primarily uses the voice and body in live performances, film installations, and both literal and figurative mixed-media collages.

Inspired by a Jack Gilbert poem that reads, “My love is a hundred pitchers of honey,” Hooker’s project, (100 Pitchers) ofHoney, specifically deals with interfused qualities that resound in both the fatal epidemic experienced by bees called colony collapse disorder and the traumatic effects of transgenerational alcoholism. Meant as an ecofeminist mode of healing such transgressions, the performative project explores the themes of sisterhood, collaboration, dreamwork, contemplative practices, and active participation with the natural and social worlds.

Additional Programming:

Reading :: August 4, 2017 :: 6–9pm

Bees as Psychopomp Dream Tending Ritual :: August 19, 2017 :: 7–9pm

In conjunction with Micheal Hooker's exhibition (100 Pitchers) ofHoney, the artist invites participants to 'Bees as Psychopomp Dream Tending Ritual' cultivating the myth of bees as psychopomp in our local community. With the help of the bees as spirit-guides, participants will explore dreams through storytelling and embodiment practices that amplify their imagery and offer personal and transpersonal meanings. Attendants are invited to participate in a dream-chant recital the next evening at the closing of the exhibition (100 Pitchers) ofHoney on August 19th.