DAY 6: final presentation

 Applause to all the students!

DAY 5: development

It's sure going to be an exciting final presentation on Thursday. (From 12:00 - at PB301, KABK)



Yolanda: 3 different scents in different medium: alcohol, mustard oil, and incense.





John: working on the conditioning of his game.

Thijs: working on composition of perfume for his experiments on space & smell

Maurice: 2 scents in different proportions

Gabi: filtering her "gebakken uitjes (fried onion)" extract



...and we distilled "gebakken uitjes (fried onion)" smell.  First we fried onions in the flask and...



...then distilled it.



Here comes the essence.





Tatiana: olfactory "Bookmarks" on smell and poem.


Giselle: olfactory jigsaw puzzle

Yaprak: olfactory Russian Roulet

DAY 4: development of olfactory games

First we smelled the extracts from DAY 3.

• autumn leaves (hot tincture) : Gisella
• mushrooms from Haagse Bos (hot tincture): Yolanda
• dream herb calea zatacechichi (hot tincture): Maurice
• damiana (hot tincture): Maurice
• pencil shave (hot tincture)s: Gaby
• banana (hot tincture): Maurice
• soil (hot tincture): tatiana
• passion flower (cold tincture): Maurice
• cat hair (hot tincture): John
• body odour (cold tincture) : Yaprak
• flower (enfleurage): Tatiana

Development of the works:

John:

extraction of cat-related odours

cat food


cat hygiene (with or without pee)


needles to say...





Gabi:

extracting the scent of "gebakken uitjes" (fried onion) for crossword puzzle.




laurier leaves (cold tincture)


juniper berries (cold tincture)


Gisella:

working on making the stronger extract of autumn leaves for "jigsaw puzzle".




Yolanda:

working on experiments on odour subtraction / addition quiz.

Tatiana:

working on poem + odour + imagination.



Maurice:

working on "pokemon cards" type of game with a gradation of strength.



Final presentation:

17.10.2013., from 13:00.
at the room of Art Science (PB 301), KABK
(co-presentation with the other class from Art Science)

Syllabus 2013

Smell and Art 

2013
teacher: Maki Ueda 

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).

You're expected to develop an olfactory game as a final assignment.

Website of the 2010 version:
http://smellart.blogspot.com/

DAY 1: Tue, October 1
morning:
- orientation / introducing each other
- on smelling: walk n' sniff / sniffing spaces like a dog
afternoon:
- on assignment: examples from the past year

DAY 2: Thu, October 3
morning:
- on infusing: extraction workshop
afternoon:
- on diffusing: air, wind, temperature, humidity experiments

DAY 3: Tue, October 8
morning:
- on incense: incense making workshop
afternoon:
- brainstorming on assignment

DAY 4: Thu, October 10
whole day: work on assignment

DAY 5: Tue, October 15
whole day: work on assignment

DAY 6: Thu, October 17
morning:
- final presentation
afternoon:
- for fun: Kohdo, a Japanese olfactory game

Assignment (1) - olfactoy exercise 1

Goal of This Course

In this course you will

• (have to) smell a lot
• learn about smell and olfaction
• find another (hidden) dimension in the world
  
• become aware of smell and that leads to a joyful, healthy, and long life (!)
  

There are many ways of using smell in art. You might want to perfume orange smell to your orange-colored painting, or you might want to add rose smell in an exhibition space where you show an installation that symbolizes love.

Most of the people only see the practical side of smell. Smell is like an additives that gives a good side-effect: it functions to make you feel relaxed or happy.

What we want to achieve in this course is a bit deeper than this.

Smell has a great potential as a medium. Let's use this course as a place to experiment. We'll focus on the theme smell and communication. You'll receive an final assignment (mini-project) under the theme of "olfactory game".