The Labour of the Hours

Flora Leite (1988) is an artist and researcher who lives and works is São Paulo.

Jan van Eyck Academie | 2026

Ongoing: MUPA, Curitiba: Céu-Eclipse, until April 2026.

Image: Leonardo Breder

Image: Vitor Dias. Exposição Céu Eclipse, Museu Paranaense.

Image: Vitor Dias. Exposição Céu Eclipse, Museu Paranaense.

Image: Eduardo Macarios. Exposição Céu Eclipse, Museu Paranaense.

Image: Eduardo Macarios. Exposição Céu Eclipse, Museu Paranaense.

Image: Vitor Dias. Exposição Céu Eclipse, Museu Paranaense.

The Labour of the Hours
2025
44 Mandaçaia bees (Melipona quadrifasciata)

Museu Paranaense

Bees: Meliponário São Paulo

Entomologial mounting: Leonardo Breder


The Labour of the Hours is a work constructed by a trail of bees that go from sunrise to sundown  – from east to west. The number of bees along this 7 and a half meter line is organized through the Fibonacci sequence: it starts invisible and becomes dense along the way. The number of meters corresponds to the hours the museum (MUPA) is open to the public.

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