Mehrnoosh Khadivi

The Wonders of Creation and The Oddities of Existence

October 2024

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Performance piece for an olfactory work specially created to support Abaissement du Niveau Mental. In analytical psychology this is a reduced state of concentration and attention, accompanied by a loosening of inhibitions and relaxation of restraints, in which unexpected contents may emerge from the unconscious. It usually occurs spontaneously but can be deliberately encouraged in preparation for active imagination.

A specially formulated scent specially created for meditative states and a short guided meditation were used to encourage this disposition.

The performance isinspired by the ideas of folding and enfolding and a sense of circular processes with shapes appearing and gliding away.

Embedded in a feeling of suspension, the pictures emerge and evolve, being pulled, collapsing, balancing. Placing the audience within an olfactive landscape that embodies the universe.