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Other Nation: scent sharing ritual and performance

Carla Bengtson in collaboration with Darion Smith, choreography, Juliet Palmer, sound, Dannielle Sergent, perfume.

Research has shown that people subconsciously bring their hands near their nose after shaking hands, a socially acceptable form of reinforcing social ties and collecting subliminal chemical information about one another, just as ground squirrels do. The floor graphic doubled as a score for a scent-sharing ritual with the audience, followed by a dance performance choreographed by Darion Smith with sound by Juliet Palmer.