Aroma Lab, Quad 1, Four Seasons

Title: Aroma Lab, Quad 1, Four Seasons
Year: 2008
Dimensions: 44” wide

With five quadrants total, Aroma Laboratory looks at the connection between smell and memory, in the context of a laboratory built by Japanese Zen monks in the early 1970’s.

It is also popularly called “Smell Lab” after the famous “Sky Lab” of the same era.

Aroma Lab, Quad 1, Four Seasons

Title: Aroma Lab, Quad 1, Four Seasons
Year: 2008
Dimensions: 44” wide

With five quadrants total, Aroma Laboratory looks at the connection between smell and memory, in the context of a laboratory built by Japanese Zen monks in the early 1970’s.

It is also popularly called “Smell Lab” after the famous “Sky Lab” of the same era.

Spring flanked by shoji screens of aluminum (left) and frosted glass (right)

Fall and Winter

The aromatizing chamber

Overview in Summer with vials of essential oils