Gwen Van der Zwan - The smell of blood
Gwen van der Zwan is an artist who researched into crime scenes and the body fluids that we see there. She followed companies that clean contaminated places and has witnessed situations in which walls had to be deconstructed in order to remove smells. Gwen will talk about blood. Are we allowed to consume blood or other human secretions, and can we use this in art?
Ton van Harreveld: Undesirable smells
Ton van Harreveld is the founder of Odornet, a business that deals with measuring odor intensity and stench pollution.He comes to talk about laws for stench, the possibility of tracing stench and how te reduce it. His analogue way of working is remarkable.
Inger Leemans: The stinking city
Stench pollution has always been a part of our society. In Historical Amsterdam, certain smelly industries were obligated to stay in indicated parts of town, to reduce and limit its smell in the rest of the city. Nowadays we still have laws that regulate smells in big cities.
Inger Leemans is a Professor of Cultural History at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. She will come to talk about laws of smell in the history of Amsterdam and explain how assigning industries to a certain part of town can help to create a cleaner city.
Laura Burgers : The right to stink
Laura Burgers is a lawyer, themes in her field of expertise are civil law, environmental ethics, and philosophy of law on democracy and rule of law. She will tell about her own research a will address some interesting cases concerning smell in civil law. She will finally answer the question:
Do we have the right to stink?
Information
Odorama 41: Illegal Scents – Law & Odor
Wednesday, the 16th of September
Start 20:00
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam. Or via Instagram live with a scent-kit sent to your home.
Tickets: Full price €12,50 | Student / Artist / Stadspas €8,75* (incl. €1,- administration costs) | Livestream ticket, including a sample kit sent to your home €12,50.
You can buy a Livestream ticket until Monday, September 14th, 2 pm. Then we have enough time to send you a sample kit. The Livestream will be available to anyone on Instagram.
*We give a discount to students and artists. If this applies to you we will ask to see your kvk nr/portfolio or student card for this option. For questions please send an email to program@mediamatic.nl.
Follow online
With the guidelines of our government in mind, fewer people are allowed on site. Therefore you can follow this lecture also online via Instagram live. The bodily experience that is common to our Odorama lecture will not get lost! We just send the flavours and smells to you in a sample kit. If you buy a Livestream ticket for this event before Monday the 14th of September, we will make sure you get the sample kit to your home before the lecture.
