The Institute for Art and Olfaction has always fascinated me but I've never been. THIS weekend at the Hammer, live online broadcasts of their event. LINK Love that stuff, and that's the reason why I buy way too many books like "The Smell Culture Reader", "The Taste Culture Reader: Experiencing Food and Drink", and books by Marti Guixe´ and Marije Vogelzang. And it all started with Diane Ackerman's "A Natural History of the Senses" and an interest in synesthesia cause it's all too strange and interesting. I still can't forget reading about the amazing smell of Abyssinian cat ball sweat, actually it was said a little different, but that image stuck. So yeah I know it's not really a cat, but more mongoose looking animal and the sweaty excretion is really from its ass adjacent, But cat ball sweat, what an unforgettable image in a young mind. And then that book "Perfume" just took it to another twisted level. So why I'm mentioning this is because I have an idea for smell o vision/ scratch and sniff project. I can't do anything yet, but I did buy some things to experiment, we'll see how it goes. Comments are closed.
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Blog AuthorTiff Graham (TiGra) experimenting with ideas Archives
December 2023
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