Thursday, November 10, 2011
Nyctophobia by Milena Tähkäaho (http://elia-artschools.org/festival/work/nyctophobia) asks various interesting questions about sight and what happens without it. I want to ask some more questions. Mainly, why is art usually so visual? Ok, sound often also plays an important role, but what about our other senses? Most forms of art are touchable (even if it is not advised to touch them), but usually not meant to be experienced through touch, if only as a secondary or tertiary level of connecting with the work at hand. And what about smell? We have a huge perfume industry, but do not consider perfumes art, do we? I would personally look very positively towards a work of art aimed at educating my others senses and furthering their aesthetic possibilities. Imagine having an alphabet of smells for instance. That might open up some really interesting possibilities.
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