This profile was originally made for Nez, la revue olfactive (the Olfactory Magazine) where it was first published in French at: http://www.nez-larevue.fr/notre-actu/ashraf-osman/ Some time ago, we had sent questions to Ashraf Osman, a trained architect and an expert in olfactory art. Founder of the Scent Art Net (formerly Scent Culture Institute), a member of the Art and … Continue reading
The latest episode (#523) of Monocle‘s Arts Review radio program is titled “Art: in bottles, on bumper cars and bringing midcentury New York to life“. And the first part of that title, “Art: in bottles,” refers to our favorite kind of art: olfactory art! Chapter 4: Olfactory art Olfactory art is becoming more, shall we say, … Continue reading
Friday May 5th, 2017 @ 11am – 7pm Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin Curated by Klara Ravat + Saskia Wilson-Brown Scent Art Net advisors/associates Klara Ravat & Saskia Wilson-Brown (The Institute for Art and Olfaction) are teaming up to present a full day of informal talks, round tables and workshops relating to experimental practices with scent. The first … Continue reading
In celebration of the Schnupperschau olfactory series final exhibition, Kunstmuseum Thun is hosting a number of events in January. Continue reading
The much-anticipated book from Routledge, DESIGNING WITH SMELL: Practices, Techniques And Challenges, will come out in hardcover on the 8th of April, 2017, and is currently available for pre-order: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Smell-PRACTICES-TECHNIQUES-CHALLENGES/dp/1138955531 Designing with Smell aims to inspire readers to actively consider smell in their work through the inclusion of case studies from around the world, highlighting the current … Continue reading
10. December 2016 – 22. January 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun / Projektraum Enter During the entire year, the question ‘How does art smell?’ was approached differently in the project room enter and presented in the experimental exhibition series Olfactory Exhibition. With works from the collection of the Kunstmuseum Thun, the series devoted itself to fragrance in … Continue reading
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“. The article comes with a companion piece, «Une … Continue reading
