Every electronic appliance has a very distinctive smell. If we sniff the inside of a computer or a television monitor, for example, we can identify the smell of hot metal, with a hint of lead that reminds us of the railway or the overheated chassis of a car parked in the summer sun. But we can also discern the characteristic smell of burnt dust, especially in old appliances that have not been switched on in a long time. The motes have drifted in through the ventilation slats, and when the apparatus is switched on they undergo a slow and precise combustion. These are the smells I associate with the work Scanner, and basically they are the smell of electricity, that invisible energy whose vital pulse is the lifeblood of our technologically advanced society.

Daniel Canogar, June 2009