Dear Friends,
this issue was a long process, so we are particularly proud to announce mono.kultur #23 featuring Norwegian scientist and artist Sissel Tolaas who has dedicated her life and work to the world of smells. And what an issue it’s turned out to be – mono.kultur #23 contains no visual imagery but clears the page for our most primary sense: the magazine will be impregnated with 12 scents curated by Sissel Tolaas. And we’re not talking about perfumes either, but what Tolaas would coin ‘difficult smells’. With a special technique called microencapsulation, the scents are literally printed into the magazine – you rub the paper to release them.
Meanwhile, Sissel Tolaas is a phenonemon in herself: born and raised between Norway and Iceland, with degrees from Scandinavia, Poland and Russia in sciences, chemistry, languages and fine arts, Tolaas has become an expert on everything related to scents, odours, smells. She is a professor at Harvard University for invisible communication, while working on hospital and research projects as well as for commercial clients such as Adidas, Louis Vuitton and Ikea; while exhibiting the results of her research in museums such as the MoMA New York, the National Museum of Beijing or the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. A vibrant and determined character with a unique expertise and biography, Sissel Tolaas is everything we could have hoped for in our forthcoming issue.
With mono.kultur, Sissel Tolaas talked about why she is tired of words and images, her turbulent time as a student in Communist Poland and how smell might just change your life.
It’s turned out very nice indeed, so make sure not to miss this one – available directly from us or coming to a bookstore near you very soon.
mono.kultur #23
Sissel Tolaas: Life is Everywhere
“I collected smells instead of writing a diary.”
Interview by Tina DiCarlo
Scents by Sissel Tolaas
Design by Node Berlin Oslo
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After a long time of waiting I finally hold the new mono.kultur issue with Sissel Tolaas in my hands and can tell you that it is really INTENSE! You should definitely not miss this very special experience – and get your own copy of the magazine!
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