Abstract
Sensoria the Art and Science of Our Senses
Sensoria, The Art & Science of Our Senses a multi-site project is focused on multisensory perception in the arts and the sciences. The cross-disciplinary initiative explores our sensory world through scientific, social, cultural and scholastic interpretations. The exhibitions, performances and the symposium links LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) in Gdansk, Poland and Sensorium: Centre for Digital Art and Technology at York University, Toronto, Canada in a cross-institutional collaboration.The participation of international artists in the exhibition and symposium spans the globe from New Zealand to Finland to the Czech Republic and reflecting on the effects of recent ecological and socio-cultural alterations on sensory organisms. Contemporary research confirmed that our senses are fundamentally interrelated and interact with each other. Moreover, our perception of visual, auditory or tactile events change as a result of information exchange between receptors. The impact of radical changes such as the constraints of the COVID 19 Pandemic caused extensive psycho-emotional stress and has affected every aspect of our life from geopolitics to economies to the arts and sciences including sensory awareness.

With the changing notions of the constitution of sentient beings a revision of knowledge -led to a closer engagement with the traditional experience by indigenous peoples. The benefits of Nature on our sensorial being are well known, however it is important to remember that our attitude to, and representation of Nature is always closely linked to political, religious, environmental and social considerations. In investigating sensory awareness the impact of the geographical, cultural and social context on individual sensory perception can not be underestimated.

Keywords: intercontinental, cross-disciplinary, multi-site, collaborative, sensory investigation