Cyril de Commarque's API-LOGO Opens at Rome's Orto Botanico

French artist Cyril de Commarque inaugurated API-LOGO, a site-specific installation at the Orto Botanico di Roma on May 18, 2026, as a preview for World Bee Day 2026. The work is an environmental installation and habitable sculpture for wild bees, created with technical support from the FAO, in collaboration with Sapienza Università di Roma and the Orto Botanico di Roma, as part of the API-URBANE program. The title combines "api" (bees) and "epilogo" (epilogue), addressing themes of vulnerability and survival. The structure is made of carved wood treated with the Japanese shou sugi ban technique, housing a habitat of bamboo canes and wooden blocks for wild pollinators. De Commarque's practice spans photography, performance, painting, and installation, with earlier works including Migrant (2013) at Le Stanze del Vetro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini during the Venice Biennale, and Primitive (2019). API-LOGO is permanently installed at the Orto Botanico and will evolve over time as insects inhabit it, blurring the line between artwork and organism.