Mareike Bode
Scent Artist︎︎︎
As Nature
Scent for multisensory performanceAs Nature
Scent for audio-visual performanceA multisensory performance, As Nature was conceived by Kenyan musician KMRU, and developed together with the artists Nick Verstand and Mareike Bode. The artist’s attention to electromagnetic sounds and their humming is transformed into ample sonic landscapes that give life to a profoundly meditative study of noise. The sonic dimension interweaves with visual and olfactory stimuli, offering an experience that involves and suspends the senses in a continuum of subtle and richly resonant perceptions.
Apr. 2026 Premiere Rewire Festival, The Hague (NL)
Apr. 2026 Barbican, London (UK)
Sept.2026 Lunchmeat Festival, Prague (CZ)
Oct. 2026 Biennale Musica di Venezia, Venice (IT)
Production: Outer Agency
Comissioned by Rewire Festival, Barbican, Lunchmeat Festival.
Photography: Sabine van Nistelrooij, Alex Heuvink
Sensing Divercities
Research & Live Distillation
Sensing Divercities
Research and Live-DistillationCities are vibrant spaces alive with sensory experiences—sounds, smells, and tastes that shape how we connect with urban life. In diverse, post-migrant societies, these sensory stimuli influence belonging, identity, and the boundaries we navigate between ourselves and others.
Our project explored how urban diversity is experienced through sound, smell, and taste, bridging a gap often overlooked in traditional studies. Collaborating with chef Aymai Awazura, sound artist KMRU, and myself as a scent artist, we transformed research into immersive sensory creations inspired by Berlin's Müllerstraße and Sonnenallee.
These works were presented at the DiverCities exhibition in November 2024, where visitors were invited to engage, wonder, and rethink urban life through a unique sensory lens.
Organisation: Christine Barwick-Gross, Christy Kulz and Claudia Mock
Photography: Katarzyna Mazur