Installation View: The Poetics of the P*ssy and The Petticoat, Handcrafted Scent, Blown Glass, Audio, and Cotton, 2026.

Photo by Aimee Suarez Netzahualcoyotl

Throughout the exhibition, sensory experience functions as both medium and methodology. Kathleen Korotzer's multisensory installation combines scent, glass, sound, and sculptural forms to investigate migration, bodily memory, feminism, and inherited histories. Drawing from field recordings made in Georgia and California, family archives tracing her ancestry, and experiments with handcrafted fragrances, Korotzer creates environments that resist purely visual interpretation. Her glass forms, described as “liberated bodies," suggest the emotional residue carried through generations, while scent becomes a vehicle for memory that exceeds language.

~ Emily Edwards, Head of Curatorial Affairs at MassArt Museum in Boston, Massachusetts