How does Berlin smell? In the exhibition “22 – Molecular Communication,” the Berlin-based Norwegian smell researcher and artist Sissel Tolaas explores the smell landscape of Müllerstrasse in the Wedding neighborhood of Berlin.
The first part of the two-part exhibition, which the Schering Stiftung organizes in cooperation with Galerie Wedding, is subtitled “Molecular Communication.” The exhibition room resembles a historical chemistry lab complete with original lab equipment owned by Schering AG, where the smell compo-nents of the Müllerstrasse can be sniffed out individually or in the form of molecular compounds. This way, the exhibition not only analytically breaks down the smell into its individual components, but also provides an insight into the research activity of the artist and trained chemist Sissel Tolaas.