Choreographies of Scent: A Libretto for Dance

Jahnvi Lakhota Nandan is a multi-disciplinary perfumer. Her studio practice, The Perfume Library, merges scents with original compositions of poetry, music, architecture and dance. She sees perfumery as a performative art, freeing it from the confines of a bottle. The Memory Pod Project consists of such ‘interactions’ with people through words and smells, a ‘deep smell lab’ that is an experimental project of graffiti with scents. Some of the fragrances created from this project can be experienced at the new CAM space at Foundation Gulbenkian in Lisbon and the Old War Office in London, Goodearth India and soon at Coonoor & Co.

AJ Mallari straddles the confluence of product, space, and systems design as a consultant focusing on holistically outfitting design-led initiatives with heavy leanings on craft and artisanal production to reach their creative goals. He has worked across South and Southeast Asia facilitating workshops, teaching, conducting research, and managing creative interventions while ticking off a shortening list of must-see places. He recently moved to the Visayan Islands after finishing further studies in Belgium last year, he currently runs a start-up creative practice while teaching design at the local university.