McGowan | Statement

What did your first love's hair smell like?
Your favorite toy?
How do your nightmares smell?

The relationship between the olfactory and aural is complicated and little discussed. A society so deeply invested in the visual, we often undermine the power of the other senses—including scent. Artists and critics constantly engage in the process of verbalizing what they see, but talking about scent is a task often left to perfume makers and sommeliers.

In this experimental audio documentary I investigate people's relationship to scent and scent memory and their ability to verbally articulate their perspective.

Katie Grace McGowan, 2008

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