Working with alcohol distillers in the low-income settlement of Mathare and rose farmers who were affected by the global pandemic, together we produced fragrance tests for the precursor of a locally fabricated perfume.
This extended research project examined how the use of smell as a means of control or behavior modification comes under the notion of biopolitics. I produced a series of videos, they each act as documentation and a meditation on the potential use of smell and design in Kenya. While you may be unable to smell the outcomes of this project, the videos shed light on the world I lived in and worked in for the last few months.



