The exhibition ‘The Smell Of War’ is divided into two parts. The main part consists of works by international ‘olfactory (smell) artists who use scent as a medium. A second component includes base the (gas) mask as a protective agent against gas attacks but also stopping odors, i.e. the non-smelling. Continue reading The Smell of War
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There’s Something in the Air! – Scent in Art
22/03/15 – 02/08/15
The exhibition at the Museum Villa Rot presents installations by international contemporary artists, who examine the sense of smell and fragrances, their cause, composition, effect and memory potential under different aspects. It also provides an art historical excursion which delivers insight into Futuristic and Surrealistic approaches and theories. Olfactory heritage is volatile, but an essential part of our material culture, and (art historical) past.
Villa Rot: There’s Something in the Air! – Scent in Art
The exhibition at the Museum Villa Rot (22/03/15 – 02/08/15) presents installations by international contemporary artists, who examine the sense of smell and fragrances, their cause, composition, effect and memory potential under different aspects. Continue reading Villa Rot: There’s Something in the Air! – Scent in Art
Outlandish Things We’ve Seen at Venice Biennale | artnet News
In Pamela Rosenkranz’s show at the Swiss pavilion, “Our Product,“ the artist worked with master perfumers Dominique Ropion and Frederic Malle to create a giant pool of scented liquid that represents the Central European skin color.
”#pamelarosenkranz at the #swisspavillion #venicebiennale2015" – @mrmattiadeluca
Scented liquid at Venice Biannial
In Pamela Rosenkranz’s show at the Swiss pavilion, “Our Product,“ the artist worked with master perfumers Dominique Ropion and Frederic Malle to create a giant pool of scented liquid that represents the Central European skin color. Continue reading Scented liquid at Venice Biannial
Olfactory art
The latest issue of Arts Hebdo Medias focuses on olfactory art. Continue reading Olfactory art
Arts Hebdo Medias’
latest issue focuses on olfactory art. Here are links to a few of its features:
- L’olfaction dans la création: Respirez l’art!
- Art & Olfaction: Une part profonde de l’être
- Christophe Laudamiel à Berlin: Exhale-moi une histoire
- Art & Olfaction: Le parfum met l’intimité en scène
- Au Musée Tinguely à Bâle: Les odeurs sur un piédestal
- Maki Ueda: Du Kôdô aux arts médiatiques
NZZ: “Mehr als schöner Atem†(More than beautiful breath)
The NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), the Swiss newspaper of record, published a review of the Belle Haleine: The Scent of Art exhibition at Museum Tinguely in Basel penned by SCI’s Claus Noppeney. The review, titled “Mehr als schöner Atem†(More than beautiful breath) explores different artistic strategies employed at the exhibition by focusing on four works in it: the discursive in Jenny Marketou’s â€Smell You, Smell Me” (1998), the documentary in Clara Ursitti’s â€Eau Claire” (1993), the sensual in Ernesto Neto’s “Mentre accade niente” (2008), and the conceptual in Cildo Meireles’s “Volatil” (1980/1994).
The piece concludes with a glimpse at other related exhibitions in Europe this spring: There’s Something in the Air! – Scent in Art at the Villa Rot in the south of Germany and The Smell of War at castle De Lovie in the west of Belgium. Claus had written another piece for NZZ with Nada Endrissat last year on the topic of olfactory art titled “Kunst, die man riechen kann: Mehr als Duft und Gestank†(Art you can smell: More than scent and stench).
Image: Cildo Meireles, Volátil (Volatile), 1980/1994.
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New Yorker features experimental scent
Last Friday, at the second annual Art and Olfaction Awards, in Los Angeles, four of the evening’s five Golden Pears went to traditional fragrances… The real excitement, however, lay in the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Use of Scent, which was new to the event this year. Continue reading New Yorker features experimental scent
What Did Qaddafi’s Death Smell Like? – The New Yorker
Last Friday, at the second annual Art and Olfaction Awards, in Los Angeles, four of the evening’s five Golden Pears went to traditional fragrances… The real excitement, however, lay in the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Use of Scent, which was new to the event this year.Â