Word: sensorium
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...stinks—literally. Upon rubbing or scratching the walls, visitors are enveloped in the scent of sweat that has been chemically reproduced and infused into paint by Berlin-based Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas. The work is the first part of a two-part installation called “Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art,” running from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31 at MIT. According to the exhibition’s brochure, the artists featured seek to evaluate whether “technological advances in digital smell, haptic technologies, and embodied computing” will...
MIT’s new interactive art exhibit, “Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art,” is like the grown-up, version of Boston’s Museum of Science. The six artists displayed play with the senses to create an interactive, intriguing commentary on the way new interactive technologies are changing the way art is experienced. Tactics as diverse as Scratch-N-Sniff inspired walls, a “touch-tunnel” filled with darkness, sounds, and a strobe light, and Bruce Nauman’s attempts...
...hedonistic sensorium, if you do it right," said Cantabrigian Bud Struggle, who describes the chocolate experience as a "direct taste bud-brain connection...
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