The Smelling Brain DesignMarch exhibition cover

The Smelling Brain - DesignMarch

The Smelling Brain at DesignMarch 2026, Kiosk Grandi, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Exhibition, 2026

Exhibition as part laboratory, part archive, part sensory rehearsal.

Raw natural materials, glass instruments, evolving accords, and experimental perfume compositions form the material language of the exhibition.

As pollution and synthetic saturation dull perception, smell loss emerges not only as a sensory condition but as a cultural one. The project asks: How can we smell, understand, and preserve our emotions before our noses go blind?

Sensory information is treated as biological matter that can be encoded, stored, and reactivated through scent. Liquid becomes archive. Perfume becomes research: a method for reactivating endangered olfactory states while composing new emotional atmospheres.

The Smelling Brain exhibition at Kiosk Grandi
The Smelling Brain exhibition at Kiosk Grandi
Glass instruments and natural materials
Glass instruments and natural materials
Experimental perfume set-up
Experimental perfume set-up
Exhibition detail
Exhibition detail
Material laboratory display
Material laboratory display
Exhibition detail
Exhibition detail