“Intangible Collection of Memories” is a compilation that explores the interweaving of plant scents and memories. It is a not-for-profit participatory project initiated by Yipei Lee, founder and curator of SUAVEART, and was held at the West Bund Art Museum in Shanghai in 2021. Through scent collection, writing and reading, and sachet making, participants engage in sensory interactions.

Scent, as a special medium, transcends time and space, and territorial boundaries, becoming an opportunity to reconnect us with nature and with each other. People from different corners of the world transform a trace of scent into a memorable phrase, becoming another window of mutual understanding.

Times change, and our relationship with nature has gradually become estranged with the rapid development of the internet. The way we co-create memories has become fragmented, virtual, and decentralized. This forces us to think: What are our current sensory experiences? How will the memories that follow us take shape?

This collection is not just a sensory exploration; it inadvertently triggers therapeutic writing about the sharing of memories and the growing environment. Scent guides us into these intangible memories, reading herbal aromas, connecting our past, present, and future with those of the participants.

Publishing House: SUAVEART
Editor/Contributor: Monkey, Shang Shang, Yu, Ziyi, Sissi, Joan, Wish, Dan Ying Chen, Angle, Cynthia, Qinxin, Gao Xiang, Heito, Elaine, Saori
Page: 70
Size: 10.2 x 16 cm
Year: 2024
ISBN: 978-626-96206-3-0
Language: Chinese, English

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