Chemical Charm is an exhibition proposition and a sensor-responsive performance with pheromones. We’ve been thinking about how we know so little about our noses, but they operate as a gateway for invisible penetrative forces—pheromones—to enter deep into a primordial space. They subconsciously hijack our bodies, imposing upon us a plethora of volatile biological effects that simultaneously exist but remain largely indiscernible. How to speak of something whose very existence is uncertain? Can we form a partial understanding through cumulative fragments? Organic desire responds to chemical control. Dissonance and residue overrides explanations articulated through default authoritative knowledges. Our language to express this is incomplete, so we attempt to communicate with gesturing bodies instead.｜↗ lire le texte de Raphaëlle Mueller, Katie Lenanton et Sarah Sandler