‘Anosmia Visualised’, by LadyM, 2023
As featured in I,Science magazine, Issue 53, Creativity
http://isciencemag.co.uk/issuu/magazine-features/issue-53-creativity/
http://isciencemag.co.uk/issuu/magazine-features/issue-53-creativity/
Screen print in muted colours on a curtain of 7 hanging silk panels (!45 x 35cm each)
Screen print on copper sheet (50 x 50cm)
As an olfactory artist the majority of my research is science led, invariably leading to a finished artwork. Study of olfaction and its effects on the brain has been pivotal to my practice for over a decade.
Covid-19, and certain connections with Dementia, have raised awareness of anosmia - it’s also at the centre of my current research.
‘Anosmia Visualised’ is my response, as an olfactory artist, to the life changing effects of the condition.
Representing pungent and appetising foodstuffs as bland and transparent, attempting to show what it must be like without the sense of smell or taste.
Covid-19, and certain connections with Dementia, have raised awareness of anosmia - it’s also at the centre of my current research.
‘Anosmia Visualised’ is my response, as an olfactory artist, to the life changing effects of the condition.
Representing pungent and appetising foodstuffs as bland and transparent, attempting to show what it must be like without the sense of smell or taste.
