PETRICHOR
AUDIO-ODOR-VISUAL PERFORMANCE
When the rain touches the soil a pleasant spell allow us being finally silent.
Petrichor is the pleasant smell we perceive after it rains. An intense potpourri of odoriferous molecules are carried into the air when falling water interacts with surfaces on the soil. When you are in the city these molecules rise up from the asphalt and concrete and if you happen to be near vegetation these odorants come from plants and trees.
The camera follows the blurry traces of the components that produce the fascinating smell of Petrichor: earth, soil, leaves, wet wood, stones, plants, flowers and the earthy aroma, Geosmin, which is produced by a type of Actinobacteria named Streptomyces.
The Geosmin molecule is an important indicator for the wild Bactrian camels, as they walk through the desert looking for water, they are able to smell Geosmin volatile metabolites from 80km away, becoming, this molecules, important signals for their survival.
There is also a hypothesis, that Geosmin helps Cacti Flowers to fool insects. They detect the mimicry of this fragranced molecule as a key for water therefore refreshment, which entices them to the flowers facilitating pollination.
Long photographic shoots are dedicated to Tropaelum majus, a plant originating in the Andes that had become naturalised in many other countries. Tropaelum majus has trailing stems growing over one meter, with enormous circulars leaves of over fisteen centimeters in diameter. When the rain drops touch the surface of the plant they first divide into tinny Lilliputian volumes which will at last gather together shaping a large drop.
Alerting the audience to the possibility of precipitations is the contrast between the electric orange smooth flower petals and the green leaves which emit little flashes, petite strikes.
It is as if you were part of the process soil goes through before the Geosmin odor is perceived, you will feel immersed in a rainy landscape that surprises us with one of the most uplifting, cleansing and refreshing smells, a relief from the relentless summer heat.
The Geosmin odor is released into the space with the most accurate timing. When this happens, the audience can finally connect all the visual footage they have seen up to this moment with its
original meaning, what happens when the waterish atmospheric phenomenon reach us.
This performance is composed by a multi screen analogue visualodor score (16mm and Super 8), accompanied by atmospheric electronics (possibility of live)by Circuitsplash and the realise of Petrichor odor.
TEXT ENGLISH
TEXTO ESPAÑOL
AUDIO-ODOR-VISUAL PERFORMANCE
When the rain touches the soil a pleasant spell allow us being finally silent.
Petrichor is the pleasant smell we perceive after it rains. An intense potpourri of odoriferous molecules are carried into the air when falling water interacts with surfaces on the soil. When you are in the city these molecules rise up from the asphalt and concrete and if you happen to be near vegetation these odorants come from plants and trees.
The camera follows the blurry traces of the components that produce the fascinating smell of Petrichor: earth, soil, leaves, wet wood, stones, plants, flowers and the earthy aroma, Geosmin, which is produced by a type of Actinobacteria named Streptomyces.
The Geosmin molecule is an important indicator for the wild Bactrian camels, as they walk through the desert looking for water, they are able to smell Geosmin volatile metabolites from 80km away, becoming, this molecules, important signals for their survival.
There is also a hypothesis, that Geosmin helps Cacti Flowers to fool insects. They detect the mimicry of this fragranced molecule as a key for water therefore refreshment, which entices them to the flowers facilitating pollination.
Long photographic shoots are dedicated to Tropaelum majus, a plant originating in the Andes that had become naturalised in many other countries. Tropaelum majus has trailing stems growing over one meter, with enormous circulars leaves of over fisteen centimeters in diameter. When the rain drops touch the surface of the plant they first divide into tinny Lilliputian volumes which will at last gather together shaping a large drop.
Alerting the audience to the possibility of precipitations is the contrast between the electric orange smooth flower petals and the green leaves which emit little flashes, petite strikes.
It is as if you were part of the process soil goes through before the Geosmin odor is perceived, you will feel immersed in a rainy landscape that surprises us with one of the most uplifting, cleansing and refreshing smells, a relief from the relentless summer heat.
The Geosmin odor is released into the space with the most accurate timing. When this happens, the audience can finally connect all the visual footage they have seen up to this moment with its
original meaning, what happens when the waterish atmospheric phenomenon reach us.
This performance is composed by a multi screen analogue visualodor score (16mm and Super 8), accompanied by atmospheric electronics (possibility of live)by Circuitsplash and the realise of Petrichor odor.
TEXT ENGLISH
TEXTO ESPAÑOL
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