This artist is mapping Bengaluru though its unique aromas

Could a smell be a work of art? “From the aroma of Suma coffee on CMH road to that of freshly fried samosas in the bylanes of Shivajinagar to sneezing when you smell fresh textiles at Silver Plaza.” The project involves conducting detailed interviews with people from various parts of the city, including shopkeepers from Chamarajpet, drivers of public transport vehicles, nurses at the Mallya Hospital. “It will have a fold out map, so people can walk around and explore Bangalore on their own.” Her own interest in fragrances stems from her curiosity for the invisible dimension of our lives, asking herself if the air that surrounds us is “just abstract nothingness or does it potentially contain information we don’t see”. In Delhi, locals and visitors have been going on guided “smell-walks” though Old Delhi, Khan Market, the Afghan colony of Lajpat Nagar, the Punjabi-settled area of Rajouri Gardens and the Bengali market of CR Park for at least four years. “I also came across people who said that a particular church’s gate reminded them of break up by the way it smelled,” Antony says, “This is something unique about the idea of olfaction.