Smell≠Bound

I created fragrances and traveled with them roughly alongside the U.S.-Mexico border from Texas to Los Angeles.⁣

The scents were mixed from counterfe1t Terre d'Hermès perfume I bought in downtown Los Angeles and creosote, a plant available near the river, the international boundary. Terre means Earth, and Hermes represents the God of boundaries, roads, thieves, and commerce.⁣

⁣I suspended the scent in hundreds of dime bags of fluorescent goo -- not precisely liquid or solid -- put them in a case I built, and took it through interior border and security checkpoints. Finally, sharing them in Los Angeles at the Biennial Scent Fair. I wrote an accompanying document called Smell≠Bound.⁣

The Institute for Art and Olfaction produced the event.

Image: Kendra Jones

Image: IAO

Image: IAO

Image: Kendra Jones

Image: Kendra Jones