"Multisensory Dialogue" Soft Opening

“Multisensory Dialogue” is an ongoing collaborative inquiry between three artists deeply rooted in dramatically different forms of media - the auditory (Danny Clay, composer), olfactory (Yosh Han, perfumer), and tactile (Naomi Rosenberg, designer). Over the course of the residency, we will build a shared vocabulary between our combined disciplines, weaving them together into an intermedia exchange. Investigating ideas of labyrinth, navigation, play and exploration, we hope our audiences are surprised and delighted by the interplay of these novel sensory experiences. "Multisensory Dialogue."

Danny Clay is a composer and educator whose work is deeply rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and the sheer joy of making things with people of all ages and levels of artistic experience. He sees “composing” as the act of putting things together, and strives to find ways to utilize this act to foster creativity and connection – whether it be playing musical games with visitors to Chicago’s Millennium Park, or building experimental sound installations with classes of elementary schoolers. Working closely with artists, students, and community members alike, he builds worlds of inquiry, play, and perpetual discovery that often combine sound with other forms of media.

As a composer, recent collaborators include Kronos Quartet, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, Third Coast Percussion, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Wu Man, Volti, the People's Music School of Chicago, MyCincinnati Youth Orchestra, Sarah Cahill, and printmaker Jon Fischer. As an arts educator, he leads workshops on composing and musical creativity for people of all ages. In addition to teaching elementary school music for over 10 years, he has taught through the Kennedy Center, Stanford University, San Francisco State University, the Crowden Music Center, and the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. His current interests lie in designing web interactives that facilitate

Yosh Han is a perfumer, sommelier, clairvoyant and former tasting judge for the Artisan 

Chocolate Salon and the Art and Olfaction Awards. She founded her eponymous brand and consultancy specializing in artisanal perfumes. She is a current creative-in-residence at The Battery. 

Commissions and art clients include The Art of Bloom, Ocean Memory Project, Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, CMAC, re.riddle, SOMArts, The Bureau of Urban Secrets, Faith Popcorn’s Brain Reserve, The Pirate Store at 826 Valencia, Time Travel Mart, and SF Opera.   

Her fragrances were sold globally at premiere retailers like Barneys New York, Ministry of Scent, Lucky Scent, Liberty London, Saks Fifth Avenue Dubai, Corso Como Milan, Colette Paris, and Takashimaya Tokyo and Anthropologie. Her work has been featured on Netflix, NY Times, SF Chronicle, WSJ, Vogue, Elle, etc. For more information, visit www.eaudeyosh.com

Naomi Rosenberg is a designer in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily making tactile maps and graphic information for the blind and low vision community. Designing with a focus on accessibility makes her work clear, succinct, and impactful. Her practice prioritizes listening to people’s stories in order to make tools that best fit their needs, support literacy, independence, and the right to access information. 

As a recognized leader in tactile map design, she collaborates with preeminent creators and educators in the blind community to increase the availability of high-quality tactile materials. Invited lectures and workshops include Illinois State University, New York Public Library, San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of San Francisco.  

Rosenberg’s tactile maps and tactile art reproductions have been exhibited at Cooper Hewitt, de Young Museum, and Oakland Museum of California. Clients include Apple, Library of Congress, Microsoft, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. Personal website: naomirosenberg.com, professional website: madlabdesign.org.

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