Mimesis – a two-year on going project commissioned by Open Eye Gallery 2022

Megan Powell – artist, photographer and film-maker presents an R+D work in progress show that extends upon her ongoing visual research on bees and the mutuality’s of the hive.

Mimesis is a work in progress show, showing research and sketchbook notes alongside which mark the beginning stage of the project. Initial research includes – X-rays and CT-scans made in collaboration with Dr Katy Szczepura, Medical Physicist and Claire Mercer, Radiographer alongside Electron Microscopy images and analogue photography.

Experimentations with cyanotypes and interview with Kathryn Millar biologist at Greenpeace reveal the focus of this stage of the project – weeds and their importance for pollinators –

The project initiates –

A call to inaction 

Nature needs weeds 

Insect numbers are in decline 

Action as inaction  

Leave sections of your garden wild 

Only sow UK-native wildflower seeds 

Nature will reclaim space 

Let’s create an insect corridor of weeds across the land