Sin dall’antichità, l’olfatto è conosciuto per le sue qualità emozionali, capaci di influenzare la nostra percezione del mondo e di condizionare il nostro stesso benessere. Ma i profumi e gli odori non rientrano solo nella sfera emotiva: la nostra società li ha intrecciati anche a complessi “meccanismi” tecnici, commerciali e...
Automobility & Scent Culture: Another Market for Olfactory Nostalgia?
The olfactory dimension of automobility is the core theme of a recent essay by Claus Noppeney published in “Das Magazin” a weekly supplement to several Swiss newspapers.
Scent: Beyond control
In a recent interview with the Swiss-German daily newspaper Bund published in Bern Claus Noppeney talks about the role of scent in contemporary culture and society: “Scent control is a challenge“.
Fabrik features Scent Culture Institute
The Fabrik media platform profiles influential and visionary innovators, features contemporary artists, distinctive galleries, trendsetting designers, discerning architects, and showcases emerging artists. Among the array of publications is Fabrik, the quarterly print magazine that presents an insightful perspective on the international contemporary art scene from a Los Angeles point of...
Le Courrier: C’est dans l’air
The Geneva newspaper, Le Courrier, has published an article by Samuel Schellenberg on olfactory art, C’est dans l’air!, which features the Scent Culture Institute and our Kunstmuseum Thun series, as well as olfactory artist Peter de Cupere, Mike Bouche’s The Zurich Load at Manifesta 11, and Museum Tinguely‘s “Belle Haleine: The Scent of Art.
Olfactory Exhibition #2: Update
Here are some snapshots of the ongoing exhibition at Kunstmuseum Thun.
A Nose for Innovation: A Bernese Tradition?
The city of Bern runs a lively blog that monthly discusses business related issues in the economic area of the Swiss capital. Through it, a diverse selection of people from business, culture, civil service and society engage in public discourse. In this context, Claus Noppeney identifies “olfactory milestones” in the...
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...
Anna-Sabina Zürrer & The Search for the Essence
The newest (April) issue of the main Swiss art monthly publication, Kunstbulletin, features an article on Swiss artist, Anna-Sabina Zürrer, titled “Die Suche nach der Essenz” (The Search for the Essence) written by SCI’s Claus Noppeney and Ashraf Osman.
Video on Scent Culture Research
“Interdisciplinarity” is the common theme of three videos Bern University of Applied Sciences recently posted on YouTube. One of the videos features scent culture and related research projects based at Bern University of the Arts and the Business School, two departments at Bern University of Applied Sciences. So far, the...
HKB Zeitung: Mit der Nase in die Kunst
Die Kunst setzt an, ein unbekanntes Terrain zu betreten. Das Feld riecht und markiert einen künstlerischen Anfang: Kunst, die den Riechsinn bedient.
Dash magazine: Molecular brand competition
DASH, the London-based illustrated magazine on fashion and fashion art, published an interview with Claus Noppeney (Autumn / Winter 2013 Issue): ”Olfactory Ontologies“ follows from a longer discussion with Stephen Fortune, an interactive media artist and science editor from London.
“The Making of Wissensduft”: Research Portrayed in Magazine by Swiss National Science Foundation
An article published in “Horizons – the Swiss magazine for scientific research” tells the “making of” story of the initial research project “Wissensduft”:
NZZ: On the sense of smell in art
The Zurich based NZZ published an overview on the current landscape of art & olfaction by Claus Noppeney & Nada Endrissat:
20minuten: Kein Duft ohne Bilder
20 Minuten (English: 20 Minutes, said Twenty Minutes) is a free daily newspaper in Switzerland. Thanks to the substantial support of the Gebert Rüf Foundation and its initiative for sciencetainment this popular commuter newspaper successfully launched a special science section on a weekly basis. This is the context for this feature: Thanks a lot to...
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