One-One Won One Race, and DSDN112

I swear half the fun of these posts is coming up with the titles. Today's studio explored the sense through interaction with various objects. The objects I chose were cola jelly for taste, washing powder for smell, a paper-clip container for sound, a Rubik's cube for sight, and an off-cut of foam for touch.

The reason I chose cola jelly is because it is incredibly synthetic. Everything about it is artificial and deceptive of it being a food item; it's appearance as small crystals, it's translucent brown colour, even it's flavour is based on a synthetic beverage. Food is something natural whereas jelly is completely man-made.
I used washing powder for smell because it has a potent chemical smell, yet the smell is supposed to be appealing. This is a confusing sensation when compared to something like the smell of paint, which is harshly chemical and by no means pleasant. Smell is an incredibly strong memory trigger, so the basic smell of washing powder is similar to soap, therefore inspiring memories of cleanliness within people using it. This aids the product in alert users of its function. A similar point was raised in the group about how smell can indicate what something is for where sight or touch fails, an example being the comparison of moisturiser and hair gel; both of which were white creams yet the moisturiser had a softer scent and the hair gel had an appealing sweet scent, as it was designed to attract people.
I used the paper-clip holder for my sound because it's smooth texture and curved form and misleading to the rattle that it makes when shaken. The idea of the senses misleading others was a common occurance amongst the items brought; the 'rttlesnakes', a pair of smooth magnetic stones, made a high pitched and rapid clicking when thrown together.
I chose my Rubik's cube for sight as it holds both visual order and chaos. When is is solved or arranged into coherent patterns it is ordered, when it is jumbled it  is chaotic. As established earlier sight is relatively easy to mislead on its own.
Finally, the reason i chose the off-cut of foam was because of the diversity o sensations it produced from touch. It had both smooth and rough faces and sharp, crisp edges and broken, jagged ones. The density of the foam varied too, making it harder and softer at points. These are all sensations directly related to handling the object, however, and some more interesting variations of 'touch' came up. The texture of food was one such variation, as was a tool used to massage pressure points on a person's head. These showed that touch is more than just interaction with your hands, it can be a full kinetic experience.