Category Archives: Scent Culture Monitor

Peter de Cupere: ‘Eens was ik mens’ (Is This Mankind)

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Opening tonight at 20h in de Warande in Belgium is the exhibition ‘Eens was ik mens’ (Is This Mankind) by olfactory artist, Peter de Cupere, with a never seen scent landscape to explore! The exhibition features new sculptures and drawings, videos, performance and a the release of a new book with an overview of 20 years of de Cupere’s work with scents! The book includes more than 1,500 photos, 11 scents, articles by Caro Verbeek and Willem Elias, and an interview with the artist by Ashraf Osman. (Hardcover, 472 pages, + 3kg)

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More info (in Flemish) at: https://www.warande.be/informatie/Peter_De_Cupere/

Exhibiting body & smell in the 21st century in Wolfsburg

The upcoming exhibition at Kunstverein Wolfsburg explores the links between body & smell: Sex smells! Recent works by Julia Barbee, Peter de Cupere, Sarah Schoenfeld and Clara Ursitti are presented. Continue reading Exhibiting body & smell in the 21st century in Wolfsburg

ANTIPARFUM + «Dummes Holz»

As part of Every Contact Leaves a Trace, the Bachelor and Master Exhibition for Institut Kunst HGK FHNW, artist Maeva Rosset is presenting a creation, in collaboration with perfumer Giovanni Sammarco, ANTIPARFUM: An Olfactive Translation of an Artistic Practice. What do researches, thoughts, and reflections smell like? You can see and read more about it here.

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The exhibition will be at two venues, opening Thu. Sep. 1, 2016:
Kaskadenkondensator from 6pm
Kunsthalle Basel from 8pm

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For the Kunsthalle exhibition, Rosset will also present her new sculptural series: «Dummes Holz». Rosset & Sammarco also created a particular perfume for the sculptures inspired by the taste of blood.

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17.2m3 Bümpliz

Marta Kwiatkowski is currently cuarting the art project 17,2m3 Bümpliz, which uses 3 identical transparent cubes to cultivate and concentrate a kind of collective cultural memory trough the interpretation of smell. The project will take place during the big city festival of Bern in August. The artists are Lea-Nina Fischer, Esther Tellenbach, Tamara Hauser, Selina Hofer, Salima Hänni, and Stefanie Janssen. The scents are created by Andreas Wilhelm. Continue reading 17.2m3 Bümpliz