130 x 190mm, 102 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2026

Scent is Present is an experimental publication exploring the ephemeral notion of olfaction. Through essays, exercises, and artistic contributions, it challenges the limits of language, inviting readers to engage with scent as a non-linear, sensory, and embodied phenomenon. Contributors including olfactory artists, scent designers, and sound artists share their practices and reflections that foreground smell in political and ecological contexts. With active scent exercises throughout the publication such as scent walks and writing prompts, the publication explores and questions our day-to-day engagement with odours, questioning the often-negative stereotypes we associate with certain smells and stinks. 

The publication stems from a workshop by the same name, carried out in Petrohradská kolektiv in the summer of 2025 by Sleepy Press and Michaela Cagáňová. The workshop accompanied holo-collective’s exhibition ‘AUTOCHORA’ at Jeden Dva Tři Gallery in Prague.

Scent is present, more than ever.

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