embracing ugly urbanism with carley rickles x smell walk by zapah lab

landscape and scentscape walk with artists carley rickles and arianna khmelniuk / zapah lab about the investigation of the sensory experience of a high-traffic highway - on foot. This walk took participants above and around a GA state highway through tunnels, overgrown landscapes, abandoned bridges, and train tracks.

the walk took place on saturday, november 2nd from 3 pm - 5 pm +. attendees were invited to gather after the walk for a discussion on what we found.

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additional info:

have you ever considered how your sense of place changes depending on your mode of transportation? city design limits what you have access to, curating what you are able to see, smell, hear, and touch throughout your everyday commute.

on this walk, participants explored scentscapes, engaged with the highway as a pedestrian, and recorded observations dealing with perception, landscape, design, and the unknown.

after a couple of weeks of analyzing the data, the artists had a progress presentation at the non-profit organization practise makes practice, dedicated to democratization design practices.

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zapah labNovember 13, 2019