A complex labyrinth made of two interwoven spirals consisting of twenty-five thousand perfume test strips offers a sense perception of time and memory. The spiral fills the room and the perfume L'Heure Bleue - a historic composition of 1912 by Jacques Guerlain based on a walk crossing the river Seine in Paris (Pont des Arts) at the blue hour. L'Heure Bleue - is also the magic hour when the light changes between day and night and is also a metaphor for the time of change. In the history of perfumery the creation of the more than 100 year old scent “L’Heure Bleue” has been linked to a premonition of a time of change and the end of  the Belle Epoque.

The visitors follows a path between the "paper walls" - surrounded by a great number of vibrating perfume test strips - into the center of the rooms which is flooded with blue light. While smells - activating the unconscious - are being released periodically, there is a constant sea of voices - people from different language regions talk about their memories of smell. Realities, imaginations, memories mix and give the viewer the possibility to experience unsuspected levels of perception.

Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar https://helgagriffiths.de/projects/turbulent-souvenirs#image-2 (01.11.2021)