The Anosmia Project

The Anosmia Project explores the logic of smell and attempts to create an experience of smell for those who cannot. The origins of The Anosmia Project lie in the fact that half of my family has a congenital disorder called anosmia — the inability to smell.  The various “Phases” of The Anosmia Project include performative “examinations”; interviews with family members; and interviews with renowned “smell experts.”  Shown individually, in series, or as installation, the “Phases” investigate how one lives in the absence of, arguably, our most primal, evocative sense.