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The Cultural Frontline: The air that we breathe: Scent artist Anicka Yi

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27/11/2021 GMT

The air that we breathe: Scent artist Anicka Yi

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, The air that we breathe: Scent artist Anicka Yi

'Sculpting' air using smells, and how opera is helping Covid patients breathe more easily

Scent artist Anicka Yi on 'sculpting' the air. English National Opera helping long Covid patients breathe and Qiu Xiaolong on his crime fiction about air pollution in China.

As Covid and climate change make us conscious of our breathing, our sense of smell, and the air around us: how the arts considers the very air that we breathe. 

Korean-born, leading international artist Anicka Yi on creating work that 'sculpts' the air using smells, and her new installation, In Love With The World - in which flying machines called aerobes fill the air with scent.

Plus, how opera, lullabies, and breathwork are helping Covid patients breathe more easily. We hear how English National Opera's ENO Breathe has brought long Covid sufferers together online to sing lullabies to help in their recovery. Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to Jenny Mollica, a Director at the ENO, singing specialist Suzi Zumpe, and participant Sharon Sullivan.

Writer Qiu Xiaolong on his crime fiction about air pollution in China. At COP26 China came under scrutiny for its reluctance to end its use of coal. Qiu Xiaolong tells us how he is so concerned about the air in his home country, he based the 10th instalment of his best-selling Inspector Chen crime series, Hold Your Breath China, on the air pollution problem.

Producer: Emma Wallace

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