PORTFOLIO > HIV home remedy

It is believed tomato juice removes skunk stench. Inspired by this popular belief, and how these two things have potential positive and negative effects in relation to the human body, “HIV Home remedy” is a chemistry experiment verifying the outcome of the mixing of the two fluids: skunk gland extracts versus tomato juice. The installation serves as a negative space representing my invisible stain/disease, but also shifts sensorial hierarchies. How does the brain function when the sense of smell is the only mean to determine if the experiment is successful or not? And how this experience can create awareness and associations with time, space, body and feelings to the viewer when a new smell is encountered?