Smell and Art
Maki Ueda
KABK PB301
What is it that we are smelling, what does it make you imagine, what does it make you feel? Could we incorporate the olfactory sense in art? Could smell be a medium carrying information?
This course will deal with these questions through a combination of lectures, workshops, intermediate presentations and a final presentation.
In this course we will start with looking at examples of art and the olfactory sense, then we will discuss the potential of the olfactory sense in art.
The workshops will first focus on fieldwork and on observing the environment with the olfactory sense. You will smell a lot and learn how to communicate about smell with others, using a basic vocabulary for analyzing and expressing the character of a smell.
Secondly we will extract smells from raw materials like soup, cheese burgers, old books, rubber tyres, flowers, and smelly T-shirts. You will learn how to do this yourself and how to compose new smells (in the most simple way).
Dates: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18 February
Times: Mon, tue, thu 13.00—16.00
Credits: 1.5 EC
Objective: An introduction to artistic use of the medium of smell
Literature: To be announced in class
Location: KABK PB301
No. of classes: 9 class / 3 hrs
Examination: Small assignments, attendance
Rough plan
[1] 01-02-2010
introduction
presentation of my works
Kodo demonstration (Japanese traditional aroma game / ceremony)
assignment(1) – olfactory exercise 1
[2] 02-02-2010
Discuss: How do we smell what we smell? - based on assignment (1)
[3] 04-02-2010
Discuss: smell, art, and communication
Discuss: possible mini-project topics
assignment (2) mini-project [olfactory game]
[4] 08-02-2010
Discuss: assignment (2) mini project
[5] 09-02-2010
Workshop I: smell extraction
[6] 11-02-2010
Workshop II: making incense, or others
[7] 15-02-2010
Develop mini-project
[8] 16-02-2010
Develop mini-project
[9] 18-02-2010
final presentation - assignment (2)
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