Smell and Art
an introduction to the artistic use of the smell medium
Maki Ueda
Often in olfactory art, the focus is on smell itself. It is used for evoking memories and feelings, for emphasizing manifestations or making statements. We will take a different approach that focuses more on our perception of smell and less on the meaning of smell. Smell is in itself neutral. It's the audience that attributes meanings such as "this is the smell of apple" or "this is a bad odour" based on their personal experiences and history.
In the course we will depart from the above perspective and regard smell as something neutral. In the first half of the course we discuss the question "what do we know, and what can we find out, about smelling?" By doing a lot of original and spontaneous study, researches and experiments you will quickly learn more about your sense of smell. In the second half of the course we will focus on creating a 'simple' artwork, interface, or game.
Blog of the previous years: http://smellart.blogspot.com
Website of Maki Ueda: http://www.ueda.nl
Mon 18 Sep: introduction, performance for the nose, Kohdo (Japanese traditional olfactory game) session
Tue 19 Sep: fieldwork, study of smells of nature, theory
Thu 21 Sep: extraction workshop, perfumery course 1
Fri 22 Sep: incense making workshop, perfumery course 2
Mon 25 Sep: perfumery course 3, 4
Tue 26 Sep: perfumery course 5, 6
Thu 28 Sep: preparation for final presentation
Fri 29 Sep: final presentation
48 hours in total (6 hrs each day)
* perfumery course consists of:
- smelling and studying about 100 fragrance raw natural and synthetic materials
Website we are going to use as database & reference:
Food Pairing
http://www.foodpairing.be
Odour Database
http://www.odour.org.uk
The Goodscents Company Database
http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com
Scent Culture Institute
https://www.instagram.com/scentculture/
Coffee Tastes Wheel
http://www.scanews.coffee/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SCAA_FlavorWheel.01.18.15.jpg
ScentArt.Net
http://www.scentart.net
Labstuff (supplier)
http://www.labstuff.nl
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