An ultrasonic weather anemometer is repurposed to become the center of a discussion.

The intensity, direction, and angle of the breath that animates this conversation are analyzed and transcribed into a set of six devices that generate a column of air. Placed on the ground, these devices form a compass rose, east, south, west, and north, crossed by nadir and zenith. Each shape of air carries an invisible olfactory trace inspired by Ursula Le Guin’s book The Compass Rose: Nadir • acacia needles and buds; North • lichens, moss, and humus; East • wilted roses; Zenith • rubber-coated cable; West • seaweed; South • Indian ink on blotting paper.

In this Time-Space, the scents trace a shifting path that visitors can follow in an attempt to join in the conversation recorded by the anemometer from a distance.