Re: acousmatic music and smells and/or tastes?

From: Aki Pasoulas (pasoulas@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2011 - 15:43:41 EST

Hi Tom, Your student might be interested to read about the projects done by 'fado' (a Canadian artist-run centre for performance art), in a festival organised in 2003 using scents: http://www.performanceart.ca/index.php?m=program&id=121so, NTT Communications used a fragrance system at cinemas in Tokyo and Osaka in screenings of the movie The New World in 2006. See some information here (includes a configuration of the system, which covers the premier seats in the theatre): http://www.ntt.com/release_e/news06/0004/0411.html I had an installation piece some years ago that explored taste, called 'Chewy and Crisp' for a bell, cereal bars, crisps, closed headphones and recorded sound. Best, Aki ----------------------------------- http://aki-pasoulas.co.uk ________________________________ From: Tom Lopez <tom.lopez@oberlin.edu> To: cec-conference@concordia.ca Sent: Mon, 7 March, 2011 5:35:59 Subject: acousmatic music and smells and/or tastes? Hello collective brain, One of my students recently asked: "Do you know of any works that explore acousmatic music and smells and/or tastes? For example, pairing electronic music with food or particular scents; collaborations between chefs or aromatherapists/smell experts and composers? I'm interesting in exploring the above, and knowing any previous experiments would be a good place to start." All I could offer was a three-city, internet concert in France (about 15 years ago) where they had MIDI triggered scent-diffusers - it was spectacular! Please let me know if you have any advice (off list might be best, I will compile the responses and report back to the list, if folks are interested... Thanks in advance, Tom _________________________________________________ Associate Professor Chair of the TIMARA Department Director of the Contemporary Music Division Oberlin Conservatory of Music 77 W. College St. Oberlin, Ohio 44074 USA (440) 775-8748 http://www.oberlin.edu/con/faculty/lopez_tom.html

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