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Scents and Medical Sensibility ~ exhibit in Washington, DC

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2010 12 Comments

Scents and Medical Sensibility is an exhibit now running at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center in Washington, DC:

Have you ever pondered how the olfactory sense affects visual perception, or how a scent can evoke a dormant childhood memory? In this unconventional exhibition…

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Reed Seifer Spray to Forget ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 24 March 2010 59 Comments

Reed Seifer Spray to Forget

Graphic artist Reed Seifer has introduced Spray to Forget, a limited edition fragrance launched in conjunction with the Armory Show held earlier this month in New York City…

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Ernesto Neto’s Navedenga at MoMA in New York

Posted by Robin on 25 February 2010 8 Comments

Ernesto Neto Navedenga

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto (remember anthropodino at the NY Park Armory last year?) has another scented sculpture on display, this time at MoMA. Navedenga is scented with cloves, and 2 visitors can enter the space at a time…

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Shigenobu Twilight ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2010 43 Comments

Shigenobu Twilight fragrance

Shigenobu Twilight is the first fragrance from New York-based artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng:

The fragrance is inspired by the Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army…

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Whiffs of gasoline

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2009 12 Comments

An unusual perfume bar has sprung up at the Singapore Art Museum. It has scents nobody would want to dab on his wrist, although some might cling to his clothes.

Filipino artist Christina Goldie Poblador has created the smells of a city: Think whiffs of gasoline or rotten eggs, which is supposed to remind people of government. There are more pleasant fragrances too, which are associated with friendship and family.

—From Whiffs of memory as art at The Malaysian Insider.

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