The time flowing beneath our noses
breeds the space surrounding our ears.
Agarwood, formed in the heartwood of Aquilaria trees, is odourless before infection.
As the infection progresses, however, the tree produces a dark aromatic resin in response to the attack.
The resulting dense, resin-embedded heartwood is valued for its distinctive fragrance, and thus used for incense.
When dropped into water, it sinks.
Scientific data from multiple chromatography analyses of agarwood scent were used to construct this piece.
In the domains of time and space, nearly all musical parameters—horizontally and vertically—
share the same patterns and trajectories as the scent itself.
The craft of perfumery also informs the compositional process.