Site specific installation
Created for Volta NY 2010
New York, USA
Hours performed: 12
Photos by Charles Thompson
Whose smell is this? is a site specific installation created for the wall next to the public toilet at volta NY. It is made from a solid piece of porous plastic material saturated with long-lasting perfume. In essence, it functions as an enormous car-freshener emitting a profoundly artificial overwhelming odor. Conceptually, the piece brings together and critiques both communal and private aspects of the creative domain while ridiculing lack of authenticity of the artistic expression once it ‘belongs’ to the public.
Whose smell is this? Tracing the famous work whose fly is this? (1987) by Ilya Kabakov is dedicated to this classical russian artist, and is inspired by his series the communal kitchen.
