The two scents are variously diffused and thus experienced differently: while the scent associated with movie theaters is diffused wider and continuously, the one associated with animal markings has a narrower range, in order to recreate the passage of a tiger. This difference suggests a distinction between territory and a more generalized sense of space, between the realm of animals and a cultural space.

The work draws on the archaic power of olfactory perception, and on the encoding of information either altogether beyond human perception or outside of conscious knowledge. At the same time, Multiplex reinforces the notion of art works that are appearing and disappearing, a major theme of Etienne Chambaud's exhibition at the gallery, Inexistence.