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From France to Dubai, scent is viewed as high art – but not in America. What is it about US’s relationship to smell that puts it so far behind in this field?

From France to Dubai, scent is viewed as high art – but not in America. What is it about US’s relationship to smell that puts it so far behind in this field?
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Maki Ueda will be giving a 3 weeks course on olfactory art titled “How to Confuse Your Senses†in The Netherlands. Above is the final presentations of Ueda’s “Smell and Art – an introductory course to olfactory artâ€, at Interfaculty Art Science, an interfaculty of Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Conservatory, The Hague.

“I will not forget this exhibition any time soon, and this is one of its strengths. However, I still don’t feel that it truly achieved its aim of ‘encouraging a new approach to interpreting artworks’. Facetious as this comment may be, of course the technology and stimuli behind this project will alter the experience you have in front of the painting, simply because it’s not where it normally is in a white room…â€
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