Flavor: The World to Your Brain
Overview
Flavor is a sensory journey through our bodies and our world, designed and curated by food scientists and culinary anthropologists. Unpack what really happens in our heads when we experience the flavors of food, discover the ways flavor companies engineer and design the flavors that we eat almost every day, and learn what natural and artificial flavoring really mean. With millions around the world losing their senses of smell and taste due to COVID-19, Flavor is a timely look at the sensory experience that makes us love food and drink!
Exhibition supporters
Special thanks to Glen Whitney, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Goya, Midtown Equities, and Brooklyn Bridge Park for making this exhibition possible.
Highlights/Installation Images
Playing smell notes on the Smell Synth
Observing the effects of differnte types of food on the Brain Bloom machine
Everyone's brains responds differently to the foods they eat
All enter the Sensory Hall through the mouth
Audience members are asked to identify the five basic tastes
What is the difference between natural and artifical? Learn the history and find out who defined these terms we use today