Entomophobia

Face your fears

Curator: Bridget Nicholls | Sponsor: Wellcome Trust

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf spider

As part of their Miniatures Series, the Wellcome Collection commissioned Pestival founder and creative director, Bridget Nicholls, to curate an evening on the theme of entomophobia. The show featured a projection of Percy Smith’s 1911 documentary on the ‘Strength and Agility of Insects’ with live piano accompaniment, a collection of 100-year-old fleas in Mexican wedding clothing and an actual flea circus. Watch Randall Koral’s video and find out more.

Competition

#makemoreinsects – Pestival’s summer 2021 art competition!

Calling all insect-loving creatives to #makemoreinsects. Help us swarm all over Instagram this summer with insect-inspired arts, raise awareness of their precarious plight and put in our best effort to combat their rapid decline.

The insects need our help so let’s make more by any means necessary.

Stunt

Beecab

Got the knowledge?

The Beecab is a London taxi specially customised by Pestival and London’s beekeepers, complete with a working beehive in the front seat

Broadcast

Insecterviews

Celebrity anthropodcast

Founder Bridget Nicholls has been busy chatting with a celebrity swarm of chatty anthropods

Events

ARUP Workshop

Inspiring a new generation of engineers

Inspiring the next generation in biomimicry and how we can learn from insects for more resilient future cities and architectures