ESAAA, École supérieure d’art Annecy Alpes

How do we build a community? What does it mean to be a smeller? How can we engage with everyday olfactory experiences? In the ESAAA entrance hall,, for one week, we will build, explore, reinvent, test, and imagine, through experimentation, the sensory conditions necessary to build a ephemeral community of smeller.

During this event, Karoline Straczek, an artist-researcher affiliated with the Annecy-Alpes School of Art, will discuss her research on the politics of smell through the artistic collective entity Société POTOP.

During this talk, Pascale Obolo will outline the various commitments that shape her life as an artist, filmmaker-researcher, edithor of the journal Afrikadaa, and curator, focusing on the themes of collectives and the commons. Together, we will gradually shift our focus toward the sensory and olfactory dimensions evoked by the concept of the commons.

Jessica Mignot, a philosopher by training and editor of Nez magazine, invites us to join a sensory revolution through her decolonial and activist reflections. During this event, we will share a collective experience of olfactory disalienation.

How does our social identity influence our perception of the world? From an olfactory perspective, this remains a great mystery. Géraldine Coppin, a professor of psychology at UniDistance Suisse and an associate member of the Interfaculty Center for Affective Sciences, will be joining us to present a scientific experiment prepared specifically for this event.