ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Olfactormativity: Exploring the Intervening Performativity of Smell
Smells intervene in human experience. Used by police or military for crowd control, they are a perfidious weapon. Yet, they also offer a wealth of material for intervening arts, the exploration of which is currently gaining traction against a backdrop of climate change and the rise of sexism and racism. So far, however, research on the intervening potential of smell has remained the province of Military Sciences, with research on intervening arts focusing on the visual and the auditory, neglecting the disruptive power of olfaction. OLFAC bridges this gap by, for the first time, exploring the intervening performativity of smell at the intersection of arts and politics. Assuming that odour…
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