Yi now tackles the matter of forgetting by creating new work that refers to and takes up themes from her past production and incorporates an exhibition-specific smell—the scent of forgetting—which wafts through the galleries.
Opening: Thurs, June 11, 2015, 7 pm
Opening hours during Art Basel week (15-21.6.2015): Mon-Tue, Thu-Sun 10 am – 8 pm Wed 10 am – 10 pm
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Swiss Pavilion in Venice to the Serpentine Gallery’s own perfume, Alice Hattrick investigates the art world’s increasing engagement with scent. Continue reading Olfactory Fatigue | Frieze→
Today is the last day of Belle Haleine – The scent of art, the groundbreaking exhibition at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland. Continue reading Last day: Belle Haleine→
Today is the last day of Belle Haleine – The scent of art, the groundbreaking exhibition at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland. The largest of its kind to date, the exhibition comprises olfactory artworks by more than 40 international artists. If you haven’t seen it yet and have the chance, we highly recommend that you do so!
“When one bends over to smell a flower, one usually expects to experience a pretty limited variety of odors, ranging from sweet perfumes to the aroma of pine or wood, maybe a loamy or minty bouquet. Then there are the rarer, more foul scents associated with flora – the ones that conjure images of dead animals, inescapable smoke or putrid trash heaps. These are the smells that interest Peter de Cupere…â€
presents olfactory compositions based on musical resonances and reverberations. The nose behind the project is Berlin-based Geza Schoen. In the first phase of the project, three musicians – Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, and Steve Goodman (aka Kode9) – created raw sonic material which Schoen then reinterpreted to create three different scents: Noise, Drone and Bass. These scents and sounds are now used in an installation environment, and also encapsulated as unique perfumes. The project is curated and produced by Malgorzata Plysa and Mat Schulz of Unsound.
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