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'''SMELL AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION''' | '''SMELL AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION''' | ||
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This Project is an approach to the social conditioning of what smells we as humans have learned to find repulsive. Much has to do with the human hygiene standards, which have developed through the sedentary nature of human and the division between rich and poor. Many of our body odors and pheromones communicate to our environment something about our health, which was originally important to assess the reproductive capacity of others. In this, a device connects the most "information loaded" body parts to the nose and mouth of the other person to smell only the "unpleasant" smell. In doing so, all other senses are, as much as possible, not usable/blocked since smell is very much understood by association of the visual and auditory. Due to human history this form of exchange has become extremely fetishized and devalued. | This Project is an approach to the social conditioning of what smells we as humans have learned to find repulsive. Much has to do with the human hygiene standards, which have developed through the sedentary nature of human and the division between rich and poor. Many of our body odors and pheromones communicate to our environment something about our health, which was originally important to assess the reproductive capacity of others. In this, a device connects the most "information loaded" body parts to the nose and mouth of the other person to smell only the "unpleasant" smell. In doing so, all other senses are, as much as possible, not usable/blocked since smell is very much understood by association of the visual and auditory. Due to human history this form of exchange has become extremely fetishized and devalued. | ||
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''' WHAT IS SMELL AND HOW DOES IT WORK''' | ''' WHAT IS SMELL AND HOW DOES IT WORK''' | ||
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This project should not be seen as something that criticizes these other selection factors, but as something to make aware of this subconscious choice making, we do almost every day. | This project should not be seen as something that criticizes these other selection factors, but as something to make aware of this subconscious choice making, we do almost every day. | ||
'''ORIGIN''' | |||
In 2020 I had a covid infection which first didn’t affect me very much. But after some days I realized that my taste and smell have completely disappeared. These Symptoms are typical for a covid infection but mine never really went away. For two years now I have been living with long covid. I have tried Therapy to regain my sense, but it did not work out for me. My smell is almost completely gone except for some very intense scents. But these don´t smell like they used to. Interesting for me is my taste. Some things don´t taste like they used to, some make me nauseous, some don´t taste at all, some things taste like something I have never tasted before. | |||
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