In Saša Spačal’s and Mirjan Švagelj’s Meta_bolus installation, Streptomyces bacteria emit a seducing geosmin aroma, a single sniff of which can evoke the memory of a forest after rain. The aroma of wet leaves is intertwined with the history of human resistance to antibiotics. Can humans smell the rising resistance to antibiotics?”

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Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj, Meta_bolus. Courtesy of the artists.