Perfume and sensory installation representing volatile organic chemical (VOC) phenomena releated to drought and rising average temperatures.

Currently on view as part of the Wellcome Collections’s permanent exhibition “Being Human,” this sculpture represents a DIY method for desalinating water.
Filed under: Object, Food, Climate

This olfactory installation entangles the various anthro-ecological factors related to commercial extinction of the Gros Michel banana.

A conceptual dinner developed in collaboration with climate scientist Erwan Monier based on the experience of variability in climate modeling. Curated for the MIT Climate, Changed symposium.

“In contrast with viewing nostalgia as a re-experiencing of emotional pasts, it may also be seen as a longing for times and places that one has never experienced.” Co-authored with poet Sahar Muradi. Published by Montez Press.


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