Memory, Scent, and Sound: The Art of Faux Flora
Multisensory exhibitions are taking the art world by storm, pushing the boundaries of how we experience creativity by engaging multiple senses simultaneously and creating fully immersive environments.
The Fischersund Art Collective’s debut exhibition is now on display at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Titled Faux Flora, this immersive experience combines visual art, sound, and scent to explore the life cycles of plants—paralleling the human experience. The exhibition invites visitors to journey through the intersection of fine art, music, and contemporary immersive design, featuring a unique olfactory element inspired by Iceland’s natural landscapes.
The exhibit incorporates scent, sound, sculpture, 3D graphics, and photography to investigate the scientific relationship between scent and memory. Fischersund’s perfumery, founded in 2017 by siblings (including Jónsi of Sigur Rós), uses Icelandic scents to evoke memory. The perfumes created for the exhibit are contained in jars, allowing visitors to pick them up and experience each scent while visually interacting with the accompanying images.
The Fischersund: Faux Flora exhibition runs through January 26, 2025.
Don’t miss the special events surrounding the exhibit:
• A Curator’s Chat with Chief Curator Leslie Anne Anderson, January 17 at 12:00 PM (a 10-minute talk).
• Faux Flora: Silent Disco, January 17 at 7:00 PM.
Founded in 1979, the National Nordic Museum is the only institution of its size and scale in the United States to present the history and culture of the entire Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and the cultural region of Sápmi) and the legacy of Nordic immigrants to the United States.
Located along Seattle’s working waterfront in an iconic building that embodies Nordic design, the institution is both a museum and a community gathering place.
The Fischersund Art Collective’s debut exhibition is now on display at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Titled Faux Flora, this immersive experience combines visual art, sound, and scent to explore the life cycles of plants—paralleling the human experience. The exhibition invites visitors to journey through the intersection of fine art, music, and contemporary immersive design, featuring a unique olfactory element inspired by Iceland’s natural landscapes.
The exhibit incorporates scent, sound, sculpture, 3D graphics, and photography to investigate the scientific relationship between scent and memory. Fischersund’s perfumery, founded in 2017 by siblings (including Jónsi of Sigur Rós), uses Icelandic scents to evoke memory. The perfumes created for the exhibit are contained in jars, allowing visitors to pick them up and experience each scent while visually interacting with the accompanying images.
The Fischersund: Faux Flora exhibition runs through January 26, 2025.
Don’t miss the special events surrounding the exhibit:
• A Curator’s Chat with Chief Curator Leslie Anne Anderson, January 17 at 12:00 PM (a 10-minute talk).
• Faux Flora: Silent Disco, January 17 at 7:00 PM.
Founded in 1979, the National Nordic Museum is the only institution of its size and scale in the United States to present the history and culture of the entire Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and the cultural region of Sápmi) and the legacy of Nordic immigrants to the United States.
Located along Seattle’s working waterfront in an iconic building that embodies Nordic design, the institution is both a museum and a community gathering place.
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