Online Talk on 17 February | Olfaction, Solastalgia and Art-Making: Tracing the Promise of Smellscapes in Disappearing and Emerging Ecologies
- Jan 29
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 1

PLaCE International presents:
Olfaction, Solastalgia and Art-Making
Tracing the Promise of Smellscapes in Disappearing and Emerging Ecologies
An online presentation by Tarsh Bates & Susan Hauri-Downing
17 February, 12:30-1:30pm (UK Time) | On Zoom
To book your free ticket CLICK HERE
Dr Tarsh Bates is an artist/researcher/educator interested in the transfer of knowledge and experience between bodies, environment and culture. She says that she is "particularly interested in the work that olfaction does within Homo holobiont (and other ecosystems...)".
Susan Hauri-Downing is an artist and eco-social worker. She works at the intersection of social work and artistic methodologies and practices focussing on urban ecological diversity, biocultural diversity, solastalgia, grief and loss and the intricacy of interspecies relationship.
Both are Australian born; Tarsha is currently working in Sweden and Susan in Western Australia.

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