Justyna Gruszczyk [Poland]

“Transformations” | smell installation

maps for the project can be found at the City Culture Institute

 

„Transformations” is an attempt to create a scent map of the Długie Ogrody district, discover the smell landscape of the area. In our perception, places seem to be dominated by their visual side, „Transformations” will reverse the way we experience certain places pointing out those scents, that we normally don`t notice. The smells that are transparent to us in our every day life. „Transformations” concentrate on smells as a sort of a data carrier, on which we store memories of passed times. Brought back with smell, they can unravel the thoughts with the same intensity. That way not only the place is being rediscovered but also the the recipient`s subconsciousness. The spectaror reveals not only the new character of his surroundings but also a part of himself.

 

Justyna Gruszczyk, graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (got her honours degreein painting in 2007 from prof. Krzysztof Pituła). She was granted by the Silesia Marshal in 2012, and held a scholarship from the City of Torun twice, in 2012 and 2010. She does ephemeral installation, in which scent plays crucial part.