The City of Zurich operates 107 public bathrooms and restrooms. Scent Culture Initiative explored the scentscape of selected facilities. Using a semi-structured questionnaire a number of restrooms were identified as outstanding and hence labelled as “approved by scentculture”. Continue reading Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs
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Collector at Art Basel: “You have buried the smell of the oilstick…”
In today’s art world the sensorium is focused on the visual. A closer look however reveals that the sense of smell should no longer be neglected. Here is an ethnographic story from hanging out with art collectors at a recent edition of Art Basel that might be more telling and revealing than any systematic survey.
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Exploring New Odors of Tobacco Consumption
The smell of cigarette smoke including the breath odor of smokers has often been described as a pressing issue in today’s world of work. In fact, it is the smell of smoking that marginalizes smokers at the workplace. Continue reading Exploring New Odors of Tobacco Consumption
Art Basel: Over-serving the Sense of Smell in Collecting Art
Once again, the most recent edition of Art Basel provided a fascinating journey through the remarkable highlights of 20th and 21st century. It was hardly surprising that the sensorium was focused on the visual. Yet, there is a little anecdote that connects nicely to other posts on the sense of smell in contemporary art worlds and our ongoing re-examination of the collection at Kunstmuseum Thun. Continue reading Art Basel: Over-serving the Sense of Smell in Collecting Art
Scent Culture Club: “Diary of Smells – Shards” & Samples Exchange
For the last Scent Culture Club gathering before the summer break, we will explore a work, “Diary of Smells – Shards“, by Brazilian artist, Josely Carvalho. Continue reading Scent Culture Club: “Diary of Smells – Shards” & Samples Exchange
“Collected Smells” by Smell Lab
Collected Smells is the first installation produced by the Smell Lab in Berlin. Continue reading “Collected Smells” by Smell Lab
Launching the Scent Culture Club
Schnupperschau #1: The Scent of the Material
This new exhibition series is as a re-examination of the collection of the Kunstmuseum Thun, in various ways, through the curatorial lens of scent. In the first part we focus on the material and techniques of art making, which are often smelly, but these scents don’t usually make it into the museum. In the following exhibits, we focus on other aspects of the collection; so stay tuned!
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Join us at the Scent Culture Club!
The Scent Culture Club is a collective hub for people interested in the sense of smell in culture, business and society. It offers group activities that explore this new relevant and topical theme while meeting new people. The activities examine the cultural significance and potentials of scent in contemporary life through workshops, readings, discussions, and talks with perfumers, researchers, and scholars; as well as cultural productions, urban interventions, and trips in and around the city of Zurich: Continue reading Join us at the Scent Culture Club!