ENCOUNTERING SCENT: INTERACTIVE SCENT GALLERY

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Role: Curator

Director : Taehyung Kim; Producer : Russell Christenson; Co-Curators: Phoebe Rhinehart and Joey Largent

Photos by: Taehyung Kim and Kendra Dalley

Annex is a safe space for experimentation and explorations shared by people who value: curiosity, critical thinking, inspiration, and a sense of community. Research as fun, sharing and engagement as participation, creativity as inevitability of existence. We seek to create a socially cultivated culture to facilitate creativity and willingness for participation and exploration.

Sunday Services are a 1.5-2 hour performative installation platform dedicated to providing a safe space for curious minds to use nonmedium, non-disciplinary approach to exploring an idea together, followed by group discussion.

I invited my friend Aubrey Allison to collaborate with Annex to put on a scent event for experimentation and discussion.

DESCRIPTION BY AUBREY ALLISON :

Can a smell stand alone as a work of art? In theory : yes, of course. But in practice? I have my doubts. Scent has the potential to create uniquely embodied, intimate, and evanescent experiences. Scent resists description, documentation, and preservation. It can supplement, subvert, or play with our expectations - but rarely, if ever, can it communicate a concept on its own. We rely on audio-visual or narrative cues to make sense of smells. Without cues, how do we encounter scent? How much can an artist trust their viewers’ noses?

For more information about the event, visit Aubrey’s website : Scent Appreciation