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Imagem & Olfacção (Image & Olfaction)

4SCENTS_4IMAGES: IMAGE AND OLFACTION PROJECT

FRAGRANCES:
Imaginary Authors
Meo Fusciuni
In-House Smound
Lijoca

PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Primavera de Lima
Sara de Pinho
Jorge de Sousa
Manel Neves

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We confront four artists photographers, with their own olfactory memories. Unknown to each other, with different aesthetic sensibilities and life experiences, we travel with them through different odors, aromas and fragrances. We wanted, that they smelled, felt and gained consciousness of the sense that quite naturally have, but probably very little had used consciously, in the creative process. We challenged a return to the past, and the capture of that moment!

We tease this ideasthesic moment with the intersection of semantic content, got through the experience of a lifetime, with an activator of olfactory memory, enclosed within a 5ml container in the form of a fragrance! The result was immediate. The journey had begun. Without any condition, or embarrassment. It would only be necessary to express it through the way that they knew best: The photography, unedited!

We were aware that from the point of view of real experience, the visual representation of scents, both in art and in literary descriptions, has nothing to do with olfactory art, but only with the meaning and with the suggestion of environments and atmospheres . We knew that an olfactory art work has to be really felt and smelled. Our goal is a more intense sensorial experience. From sight to the olfactory sense: from the olfaction to the Image. As such, we chose a synesthesic installation, where the images are displayed side by side with the scents, which gave rise to them. 16 Photos: 4 Artists, 4 Aromas, 4 images.

In a gallery, full of artistic memories, and that itself appeals to all the senses, located in heart of the historical area of Porto, and with a superb view over the Jardins das Virtudes and the Douro, will be open to the public from January 29 until February 27.

To the imagination of the spectator!

  • Initiative: Smound _ Art & olfaction,
  • Support: Nicho _ Perfume d’Autor
  • Curated by João Losa & Tiago Monteiro
  • Special thanks to Josh Meyer, Giuseppe Imprezzabile and
    Laura Soutinho.
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Scents of Exile

Scents of Exile is an olfactory art project curated by Ashraf Osman in partnership with Syndicate and Givaudan. It takes as its point of departure an evocative text about memory, identity and nostalgia associated with scents of cities and places no longer accessible, from In the Presence of Absence by renowned Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish.

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“Olfactory art makes scents – and who nose where it might lead us?”

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“Olfactory art” – art concerned with smell – is currently a relatively minor field. But a growing number of contemporary artists are starting to explore the potentials of olfactory art. [Last] year’s Next Wave festival in Melbourne presents Smell You Later (May 1-11), a series of “scent-based encounters” in bathrooms, corridors, lobbies and stairwells of various festival venues.

More at: http://theconversation.com/olfactory-art-makes-scents-and-who-nose-where-it-might-lead-us-25643

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Next Wave Festival: Scent narrative

Established in 1984 to foster creativity and experimentation, Next Wave is the most comprehensive platform in Australia for a new generation of artists taking creative risks. With Next Wave celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, curator Katie Lenanton  decided upon the idea of “celebration” as the “scent narrative” underpinning the project: Continue reading Next Wave Festival: Scent narrative →

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Against the Scentless: Returning the Sense of Smell to the Arts

“…The arts world of the 21st century should take these innovations as a challenge to make resonant new works incorporating aromas, and not allow these tools to simply become devices for social grooming and more effective product placement. Continue reading Against the Scentless: Returning the Sense of Smell to the Arts →

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Clarifying the arguments: Perfume, Design and Olfactory Art

Larry Shiner, a philosopher in the field of aesthetics, published a must-read academic treatise on piece by Larry Shiner on the confusing but ever-relevant subject of perfumes & art (Shiner 2015). Continue reading Clarifying the arguments: Perfume, Design and Olfactory Art →

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“Olfactory: Smell in Art” & “Smell as a Criterion: Toward an Olfactory Politics in Curating”

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On October 23, the 10th Mercosul Biennial opened in Porto Alegre, Brazil with a major exhibition on smell titled Olfactory: Smell in Art. With 54 artists from Latin America, it’s the first large-scale Latin American exhibition on the topic. The exhibition is on view until December 6th and is curated by Gaudêncio Fidelis.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Biennial is also releasing a book titled Smell as a Criterion: Towards a Politics of Olfactory Curating. Published in Portuguese and English, it is the first book of the genre that covers olfaction as a curatorial strategy.
You can find below more information and images.

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Smell as a Criterion: Toward an Olfactory Politics in Curating is the first book of the genre that covers olfaction as a curatorial strategy. It is an in-depth, thought-provoking delve in the intricacies of an olfactory curating, proposed by the author as an alternative approach through other senses, opposed to the hegemony of sight in the construction of the Western canon. One of the most dedicated curators and art historians to the approach of canonical structures and their pervasive presence in art exhibitions, Gaudêncio Fidelis proposes an alternative reflection on the establishment of new curatorial models that are not based exclusively on sight, with its exclusionary and discriminatory perspective.

Click here for the full press release.

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Olfactory: Smell in Art
This exhibition introduces aspects of modern and contemporary production in Latin America which challenge the established prerogatives of canonicity, specially those built around the Western Canon, by privileging anti-ocular manifestations through the developments of a number of issues related to olfaction. This exhibition analyzes classificatory hierarchies of smell in the universe of art as a possibility for new interpretative strategies.

Click here for the full press release.

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Osmobox

Eduardo Kac is internationally recognized for his telepresence and bio art. Osmobox drawings were exhibited at Galerie Charlot in Paris (2014). Osmoboxes are visually identical but completely distinct in their olfactory identity. Every scent in the Osmobox series is unique and constitutes the core of the artwork.  Continue reading Osmobox →