new york day 7

today's scent was suited to me personally, something spicy, with a sweet accent, whether it's floral, vanilla, or another smoky note. moving into the fall/winter i like a rich, layered fragrance. it's a stretch for me to try and personify a new smell each day, so this one just came more naturally

composed of black opium, cade, vanilla, and narcissus




i also decided to make a short film, while beginning to re-read the flaneur by edmund white

thinking about the blurred lines between perfume, prayer and poetry, i'm going to let the scent itself be the prayer today, a nod to what prayer, poetry and perfume can embody: passion, longing, unfulfilled desire, celebration, personal expression, memory


(and sorry this was published the next day, forgot to make it official!)

here in new york!

just arrived this morning, and have been walking up and down 14th all day getting the feel for things

this is one side of the hudson i'm walking to, by the meatpacking district and alexander mcqueen's store

here's an image of one performance from tonight's opening festivities

condensed description

getting some things ready for the show, i wrote a more condensed description, and shot a few images for it, practicing walking on the street with perfume on

A single garment will be worn for the duration of a performance, in which I will daily wear separate perfumes, while walking 14^th Street, affecting the molecular atmosphere by my presence, between the banks of the West and East Hudson River. During these routine walks I will collect language from literature, pop culture, and conversation on the street.  Based on historical relationships between prayer, perfume and poetry, I will compose a litany to be the title for each site-specific perfume.  Finally, the garment worn during the performance will be crystallized in a solution preserving its use, but abstracting its form.

 

moving

still unpacking from my move last week, but here are the sites you can be checking up through the festival!

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