Carsten Höller was trained as a scientist and holds a doctorate in agricultural science, specialising in the area of insects’ olfactory communication strategies. In the first stages of his artistic career – until 1994 – he continued to work as a research entomologist. A key protagonist of a generation of artists whose research is grounded in what is sometimes referred to as “relational aesthetics”, Höller elaborates his work as interfaces to trigger an experience: while their sculptural quality is undeniable, it is the way the visitors engage with his objects that finishes the work. Höller has investigated among others things the effect of light waves, absorption of chemicals on his brain activity, and the consequences of his public´s perception of the world that surrounds them.