Tag: olfactory workshops

Scents of Place (the sweet smells and stinks of Maryland’s past and present)

Installation 2026
10′ x 40′ x 2′
wood, paint, paper, fabric, weather maps, multiple olfactory specimens including tobacco leaves, led neon, sound, interactive website.
Scents of Place is a pictorial Smellscape and olfactory installation about Maryland that invites visitors to explore the sensory dimensions of place through smell and memory. The work highlights how the sense of smell connects people to their environment, evoking personal and collective experiences related to the air we breathe. photo: Ana Tantaros @side_a_photo

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Detail of smell specimens in jars on shelf. photo: Ana Tantaros @side_a_photo

A visitor taking a whiff of the specimens

smelling tobacco leaves (Maryland past)
A school visits the Smellscape.