Scents and Sounds. Olfactory Art Keller, New York, 2023

Scents and Sounds are natural sensory partners that use parallel systems of organization, notation and composition. They are also two of our most primal and emotive senses. By using Ableton Live, a soft synth digital audio work station along with notes from a micro perfume organ, we created an integrated musical/ olfactory experience.  The piece, produced during this performance, addressed the possibilities of inducing heightened associations of sound and scent. The audience members heard individual musical tracks that were paired with olfactory notes distributed on scent strips. The musical segments build upon each other and are meant to augment and intensify the associated perfume notes. After 8 dyads, the event concluded with a combined olfactory and musical composition.  At the end of the performance, audience members received a solid perfume of the composition with a QR code that links to the accompanying soundtrack.