Rose Marie Salmon & Nathan Taare
30 Sept 2023
1 Sept 2023
TERRASOL
Terrasol explores the connection between earth, rain, and human emotions through blending scent, ceramics and installation in an immersive multisensory encounter. Ceramic artist Rose Marie Salmon has created clay amulets that are infused with the Petrichord scent made by multimedia artist, Nathan Taare. Petrichord - which is also available as a limited edition Eau de Parfum at the exhibition - was inspired the smell of petrichor. Evoked by the aroma molecule, terrasol, petrichor is the earthy scent released when rain falls on dry earth, whose allure might lie in our reliance on rainfall for survival.
Nathan Taare (Ngāti Porou) is a multi-skilled artist hailing from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. With a majority of his professional career in the film and television art department, Nathan transitioned into art direction and production design. He is a musician, experimentalist, and percussion specialist, who is also deeply entrenched in the realm of olfactory art and perfumery. Throughout his creative journey, Taare has consistently pushed boundaries and sought new avenues of expression in his boundary-breaking and sensorially engaging art.