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I am an author, educator, artist, designer, and consultant. I write about contemporary artistic practices, multi-sensory aesthetic experiences, participation in the museum, personal and organisational development, and the pursuit of happiness in everyday life in my creative non-fiction vignettes “the ones”.
At the end of the day, I am most interested in experiencing vastness, beauty, and tranquility, preferably combined with my passions for drawing birds, hiking in the alps, and looking at beautiful homes. I believe in the magic of shifts in perception and at the same time in the beauty of repetition.
Currently I am working on a Swiss National Fund–funded research project with the working title The Smell of Switzerland. My research starts with historian Jonathan Reinartz’s thesis that the loved ones smell well and the unknown reek (Reinartz, 2013). On that note, I aim to identify current Swiss smell-based signifiers for processes of othering and inclusion in contemporary social relationships, political structures, or identity politics within a complex Swiss-ness, which navigates multilingualism and multiculturalism, evolving concepts of immigration, a distinct geography, and urban–rural disparity. To do so, I focus also on current artistic practices that include smell as a way to convey comments on belonging and othering.
Benjamin Adler, Meret Ernst, Dorothée King: Kleine Basler Designgeschichte (June 2026, Basel: CMV)
Design ist eine globale Angelegenheit. Es wird irgendwo entworfen, irgendwo gefertigt und ist dann überall erhältlich – und doch erleben wir Design stets vor Ort. Das Buch erzählt 24 Geschichten besonderer Designideen, die von Basel aus in der Welt Furore gemacht haben.
In theory, making decisions sounds empowering. In practice? Not so easy. You know that feeling when you’re faced with a big decision. Excitement rises — and then sooner or later, most often comes the Yes, but…. We start to feel doubt, hesitation, and inner resistance. Our mind starts to whisper: Are you sure? Isn’t that too risky? Maybe you should wait a bit longer? Shouldn’t someone else, someone more qualified, do this instead of me?
Published, Nov 2024 as a story by the Wellcome collection:
https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-stuck-tampon
Words by Dorothée King artwork by Tracy Satchwill average reading time 7 minutes 20 November 2024
New Narratives Lab, Leiden, Participant, 2025
New Narratives Lab, Leeds, Participant, 2025
Speak Up and Lead, Participant, 2024
Digital Storytelling Lab Folkestone Participant, 2024