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SISSEL TOLAAS

Doðum yeri: Stavanger, Norveç

Merkez: Berlin, Almanya

Manifesto malzemeleri: haritalama, bir kelime daðarcýðý, koku molekülleri ve burunlar

Sissel Tolaas kokuyu açýk seçik belirtmek için görsel ya da somut metaforlar üzerinden anlatma alýþkanlýðýmýzý kýran bir sözlük icat etti. Bu yeni daðarcýk DOCASA (kebap ve parfüm) ve CASCA (metal araba parçalarý ile ter karýþýmý) gibi hayli somut koku tariflerinden, FREEIS (boþ vakit) ve BMAI (albeni, büyüleyicilik, cazibe, çekicilik) gibi kavramsal ifadelere uzanýyor. Tolaas bizi kokularý “iyi” ya da “kötü” gibi yerleþik yargýlara baþvurmadan algýlamaya ve yeni bir iletiþim þeklinin ortaya çýkmasýna olanak saðlamaya davet ediyor.

Tolaas, bienal için, bir süredir devam eden araþtýrmasýna “þehrin kokularý”ný ekliyor ve bu doðrultuda, Ýstanbul’da, birbiriyle iliþkili üç koku toplama ve inceleme yaklaþýmýna baþvuruyor: Koku coðrafyasý ve haritalama içeren “analog analiz”, parfüm sektöründe organik kokularý toplayan ve sentezleyen bir koku toplama teknolojisini kullanan “kimyasal analiz” ve öznel koku deneyiminin ve algýsýnýn kaydedilmesini kapsayan “gövde analizi." Mekâna özgü bu araþtýrma geleceðin kokusunun ne olacaðýný soruyor.

2. Ýstanbul Tasarým Bienali için üretilen bu proje, Kaðýthane Houseofpaper ve IFF International Flavors and Fragrances tarafýndan desteklenmiþtir. Cansu Þekular'ýn katkýlarýyla.

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SISSEL TOLAAS

Born: Stavanger, Norway

Based: Berlin, Germany

Manifesto materials: mapping, a lexicon, smell molecules, and noses

Sissel Tolaas has invented a lexicon for articulating smell that breaks our habit of using visual or material metaphors. These range from more concrete physical smell references such as DOCASA (kebab and perfumes) and CASCA (sweat mixed with old metal of cars) to more conceptual ones such as FREEIS (leisure) or BMAI (allure; bewitching; charm; magnetism). Tolaas invites us to perceive smells without preconceived judgments of “good” or “bad,” thus allowing for a new kind of communication to take place.

For the biennial, Tolaas built on her ongoing research into the “smells of the city,” using three interrelated approaches to smell collection and analysis in Istanbul: “analogue analysis,” (including smell geography and mapping); “chemical analysis,” (using smell collection technology from the perfume industry to collect and synthesize organic smells); and “corpus analysis,” (recording the subjective experience and perception of smell). Shown here, her site­specific analysis asks: What will be the future of smelling?

This commission for the 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial has been generously supported by Kaðýthane Houseofpaper and IFF International Flavors and Fragrances, with the kind collaboration of Cansu Þekular.

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