Sensory Experience

In this issue we focus on art that impacts on all the senses and its interaction with a viewer. We present a series of essays concerning taste, smell, hearing, sight, touch, as well as new senses such as the awareness of time passing or of our body position. However, the first step into sensory experience is our lenticular wobbling jelly cover, designed by Sam Bompas and Harry Parr — the leading experts in multi-sensory experience design.

The issue also features interviews with the guru of performance art, Marina Abramović, as well as with the artistic duo Pakui Hardware (Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda) on their confusing and uncanny organic-industrial art installations. We also present a portrait of Maria Pinińska-Bereś, a still undiscovered and somewhat forgotten Central European artist, whose art can be placed alongside pioneering works of the 1960s and 1970s. An investigation carried out as part of an article entitled ‘Taboo in Art’ will unravel the controversial topics that the art world never talks about. A moment of relaxation and a real feast for the eyes will impart a beautifully arranged visual essay where everything flows in the sticky, hyper-saturated photographs of Maisie Cousins. Fashion enthusiasts will enjoy Armada Terror in a photo shoot by Michał Korta organised exclusively for us, while those who are up-to-date with the latest technologies will appreciate an overview of designers whose activities are aimed at improving our bodies. With sensory experiences in mind, we have also prepared something for our youngest readers.