GEOSMIN

SWISS ART AWARD

The technological instruments of modern architecture (mechanical and electrical services, high-performance fabric and glazing systems) have separated us from the world outside. Internalisation and sealing the body from the elements (climate/ seasons/ time of day) is both environmentally and experientially costly. As a challenge to architectural thinking and practice, the installation liberates the tools of separation by bringing artificial weather into the building.

By introducing a <register> (scent) into the system**(think Iodine-containing contrast mediums- ICCMs), the installation exposes how the ventilation works by using an olfactory input to make the invisible experience of air change perceptible.

Kollaboration between Nelly Pilz, Matt Phillips (00island) and Tanski (Verdandi Perfume)