Sensory Disorientation and Olfactory Navigation

「感官迷失与嗅觉导航」
颂元与布莱恩·哥森莱特双个展Duo Exhibition of Song Yuan & Brian Goeltzenleuchter

策展人：李昌昊 · Curator: Changhao Li嗅觉跨媒介艺术的中美拓荒者研究
A Discussion Between Pioneers in China and the United States in Olfactory Transmedia Art

当视觉的秩序被气味打破，我们将身陷怎样的感知迷宫？

展览以中国艺术家颂元与美国艺术家布莱恩·哥森莱特（Brian Goeltzenleuchter）的跨媒介实践呈现一场关于感官等级制的深度对话。两位嗅觉跨媒介艺术拓荒者以截然不同的路径，共同挑战哲学和文化中的"视觉中心主义"。

在这里，榴莲的气味栖居于樱桃的形体，花朵与叶片互换灵魂的低语。水彩地图上，气味成为另一种可循的轨迹。它们来自异国的厨房，移民的餐桌，百年前调香师与作曲家之间的隐秘共鸣。气味不再飘忽不定，它被书写，被演奏，被导航，成为穿越时空，文化与记忆的线索。

感官被重新分配，认知逻辑悄然松动。当鼻子开始"观看"，眼睛开始"嗅闻"，我们得以从被视觉固化的感知秩序中短暂脱身，迷失，也重新寻路。这不是一场急于宣告的艺术宣言，而是一次邀请：请你靠近，嗅闻，迷失，再寻回自己。在感官的混沌深处，或许正藏着我早已遗忘的方向。

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When the order of visuality is disrupted by scent, what kind of perceptual labyrinth are we inhabiting?

This exhibition presents a profound dialogue on sensory hierarchy through the transmedia practices of Chinese artist Song Yuan and American artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter. As pioneers in olfactory transmedia art, they take divergent paths to jointly challenge the "ocularcentrism" deeply rooted in philosophical and cultural tradition.

Here, the scent of durian dwells within the form of cherries, flowers and leaves exchange whispers of their souls. On watercolor maps, scent becomes another traceable path. It drifts from foreign kitchens and immigrant tables to the hidden resonance between 19th-century perfumer and musical composer. Fragrance no longer lingers intangibly. It is inscribed, performed, navigated, becoming a thread through time, culture, and memory.

The senses are redistributed, and the convention of perception quietly loosens its grip. As the nose begins to "see" and the eye begins to "smell," we momentarily step away from the visually dominated order of perception. Lost, and yet finding our way anew. This exhibition is not an artistic declaration made in haste. It is an invitation: come closer, inhale, lose yourself, and rediscover the path. Deep within the chaos of the senses, perhaps lies a direction we have long forgotten.

李昌昊 Changhao Li · 颂元 Song Yuan · 布莱恩·哥森莱特 Brian Goeltzenleuchter · 吉姆·德罗布尼克 Jim Drobnick · 雷徕 LEI Lai · 索菲娅·科莱特·埃里希 Sofia Collette Ehrich · Yuqing Zhang 张予晴