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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Session
19Jul 2018This summer, Mediamatic and The Institute for Art and Olfaction team up for a series of smell related adventures and experiments. Step by every Wednesday and Thursday between 4 and 8 pm for a...
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Capturing human scent through enfleurage
In reference to Patrick Süskind’s Das Parfum
Patrick S ü skind’s Das Parfum (or Perfume: Story of a Murderer) is considered our cult classic. It tells us a story of a man with a superhuman sense of smell who we know as Jean-Baptise Grenouille.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Aleesa Cohene
2Aug 20183Aug 2018Aleesa Cohene has been researching effective antidotes for scent based weapons for the past three years. During her nine day residency at Mediamatic, that plays a vital part of the collaborative Art...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Experimental Perfumery
3Aug 2018Always wanted to learn how to make perfume, but didn't know where to start? In this 3 hour intensive workshop, you are guided in the important first steps of perfume blending. Learn about the...
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Breakout group on communicating smells
Hackathon Conclusions by Frank Bloem
Breakout group: How to communicate a fragrance with only the package or a picture. Participants: Franziska Jostheit, Niklaus Mettler, Caro Verbeek and Frank Bloem We rephrased the question to: How...
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Dancing Scent and Aromatizing Movement
Hackathon Conclusions by Caro Verbeek
In January 2018 , Mediamatic teamed up with the IFF , Saskia Wilson-Brown from the Institute for Art and Olfaction , Klara Ravat , Caro Verbeek , and Frank Bloem to advance our language
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When can we start to objectify our hair?
Human Hair Transformation by Zsofia Kollar
Zsofia Kollar is a designer who uses hair as the primary medium. The human hair has many capabilities due to their nutrients. For this collection, Zsofia experiments with the hair as an absorbent...
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Calling All Gingers!
Donate your scent to a rich redhead-bouquet
Inspired by Patrick Süsskind's 'Perfume' we're looking for steaming hot redheads willing to donate their smell during Playhouse: Sex S(m)ells for the creation of a one-of-a-kind perfume! And no...
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Renske van Vroonhoven
Renske van Vroonhoven is a perfumer, scent designer and founder of independent scent studio Attic Lab , based in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Her work focuses on scent in interdisciplinary context. She...
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Thijs Elich
Thijs is a perfumer with a background in interdisciplinary art, performance and theatre at the Interfaculty ArtScience as the KABK ( Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) and at Conservatory...
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Attic Lab
Attic Lab is an independent scent studio based in Arnhem Netherlands that is managed by Renske van Vroonhoven. Its focus is to create an open culture around scent and find innovative ways of working...
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Simon Tooley
Etiket brand creator and owner
Perfumes are a very personal thing for Simon, a passion he has cultivated all his life. When he was studying fashion design in Paris back in the 80’s, he learned about fragrances from a historical...
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Minetta Rogers
With experience volunteering for institutions as diverse as the Construction Specifications Institute, Bitch Magazine and technical knowledge from coursework in the California College of the Arts’...
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Dublab
During Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic Dublab will broadcast a weekly radio show about scent culture and olfactory art . Dablab is non-profit internet radio station founded in Los Angeles in...
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Pochpac
The Art Of Luxury Glass
The collection of Pochet Creations has been made in Normandy’s Glass Vallée by Pochet du Courval for almost 400 years. They are known for the collections of glasses they make for famous perfumery...
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Open Sourcing Smell Culture
Open Sourcing Smell Culture is a year-long collaborative program between the Institute for Art and Olfaction and Mediamatic that explores alternative attribution and sharing strategies for the...
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Residency: Scent and Protest
During a residency with Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic, Cohene will explore formulas for neutralizers for scent-based crowd control methods such as 'The Skunk’.
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Visiting Hours
Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday between 14.00 and 16.00, you are very welcome to step by our Open Aroma Lab. Smell our selection of aroma-molecules, learn about working with scent as a...
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Playhouse
The IAO team curates weekly explorations into the outer reaches of scent culture. From social games to technology workshops, anything goes in the playhouse. Expect eclecticism, experimentation and...
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Open Sessions
This summer, Mediamatic and The Institute for Art and Olfaction team up for a series of smell related adventures and experiments. Step by every Wednesday and Thursday between 4 and 8 pm for a...
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Tobias Cohen Jehoram
Tobias specialises in intellectual property, especially trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright and database protection. He regularly advises multinationals and foreign counsel on IP issues...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Opening: Art Olfaction Amsterdam
14Jul 2018Come and join us at the opening party of Art Olfaction Amsterdam on July 14th. Get nosey and meet the whole AOA team, train your nose in the aroma lab, or dance the night away! Facebook
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Do you smell bees?
Honey bees emit an odour that even human can smell
No matter if you like exotic fruits or not, we have all eaten a banana during our life. And strangely enough, honey bees are able to produce a smell that strongly resembles the fruit.
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Kendra Gaeta
With all the tools of the trade, Kendra has produced commercials, movies, art, as well as her own book as a product manager, marketer and, storyteller. Having been involved with the Institute of Art...