The Kyoto Trilogy brings together fleeting, impermanent moments encountered in Kyoto.

These environments attend to pause, flow and the quiet transitions of a city – tracing how perception unfolds through light, season and the rhythm of movement and pause.

Each scent holds an evanescent moment: the interplay of shadow and light, the texture of aged materials, and the way scent anchors a sense of place within the passing of time.

These compositions are quietly observed and never fully grasped, remaining open for the senses to return to.

Together, the series reflects a way of being – a sustained attention to the subtle sensory climates that define the atmosphere of a lived environment.

Even in Kyoto –
Hearing the cuckoo’s cry –
I long for Kyoto.

Matsuo Bashō (1644 – 1694)
translated by Robert Hass

Catalogue | Kyoto Trilogy

Ephemeral scent environments

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