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Philadelphia exhibit highlights olfactory art
Philadelphia’s Ester M. Klein art gallery is the temporary home to an olfactory art exhibit about scent. “Odor Limits,” co-presented by the Monell Center and the University City’s Science Center, explores the potential of smell in aesthetic experience, using scents … Continue reading
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MoMA exhibit includes smell artist James Auger
A current exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art has some interesting work regarding smell by British artist James Auger. The New York Times highlighted Auger’s piece. “Smell +” in a recent article about the show “Science and the … Continue reading
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Chandler Burr’s Scent Dinners tour Europe
Chandler Burr, author and New York Times perfume critic, is offering a new series of Scent Dinners this June. The dinners involve discussing culinary perfumes, sampling them, and eating a gourmet meal that uses them or relates to them somehow. … Continue reading
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Smell genius Sissel Tolaas
Scotland’s Sunday Herald has published a fascinating article about conceptual artist Sissel Tolaas. Tolaas, whose primary artistic focus is smell, has had a variety of exhibits about the scent of fear, for which she gathered the sweat of various men … Continue reading
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Fusing fashion and olfaction with "Smart Fabric"
Feeling uninspired by stories about scent marketing and scented products? Get inspired by “Scentsory Design.” Imagine a dress that’s like a second skin, containing sensors that keep track of what’s happening in your body. Now, imagine that this dress also … Continue reading
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Simpsons Smell-o-vision put on hold
Plans for a smell-o-vision version of the Simpsons movie have been cancelled due to “production issues.” ScentAndrea announced earlier this year that they’d be pairing their scent machines with the December-release DVD for trial in New Zealand. According to Auckland … Continue reading
Cambridge, MA Theatre presents Smell-o-Vision version of Willy Wonka
Boston-area scent lovers! Run, don’t walk to the Brattle Theatre this Thursday Dec. 13, where smelly movie genius Megan Dickerson is presenting a unique screening of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There will be essential oils, oscillating fans, blowing … Continue reading
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