Talk by scholar and writer Esther Leslie

Join us for a talk by scholar and writer Esther Leslie. Focusing on the engineered nature of atmospheres, this talk will trace how sensory experience has been understood as both all-encompassing and politically charged – from early allegories of the senses to chemical warfare and postwar experiments in environmental control. Moving across histories of ‘sensism’ and contemporary concerns around pollution, toxicity, and imperceptible intrusion, this lecture will consider how invisible particles, scents, and hues act upon bodies and environments, shaping perception in ways that are at once intimate and systemic.