Workshop: Klara Ravat, Mediamatic Foundation

Workshop: The Scent of Amsterdam

Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape

3 Sep 2017

Olfactory artist and experimental filmmaker Klara Ravat presents the workshop The Scent of Amsterdam: Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape. Over the course of 4 hours you will collectively explore the neighbourhood of Mediamatic Biotoop, visit aromatic urban spaces and learn how to distill a scented memory of Amsterdam.

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Participants of the Scent of Amsterdam Workshop smelling flowers - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Program

14:00 - 15:00 Introduction - What is smell and how to distill scent.
15:00 - 16:00 Smell Walk
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break (not included)
16:30 - 17:00 Discussion of findings - What did we pick, why and what to distill?
17:00 - 18:00 Distillation

What will you do

After meeting at Mediamatic, Klara will start with a theoretical introduction on how smell works and introduce you to the different types of distillation processes. We will then take a short walk around Mediamatic’s neighbourghood, where Klara will guide us through specific urban aroma locations. In the meantime there is room to discuss and comment on our findings. The idea is to collect scented object that will later be distilled in Mediamatic’s Aroma Lab. Together we will distill a scented memory of Amsterdam which you will take home in the end.

For whom

This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in exploring Amsterdam in a different way. No prior knowledge required, however, participants are asked to bring a smelly object or substance that reminds them of Amsterdam.

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Klara and participants distilling the Scent of Amsterdam - Anisa Xhomaqi

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About Klara

Klara Ravat (Berlin, Germany) is an olfactory artist and an experimental filmmaker. After studying qualitative trend research in Barcelona, Klara moved to The Netherlands where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (ArtScience at The Royal Academy of Arts). At the same time she studied Psychology at the Open University of Catalonia. Klara is the co-founder of the Smell Lab, a community project that focuses on the investigation and practice of the art and science of the sense of smell. During 2016-2017 she is an artist in residency at Mediamatic and in 2017 she teamed up with the Intitution for Art and Olfaction to co-produce the first Experimental Scent Summit, hosted in Berlin. By opposing the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice

Information

The Scent of Amsterdam
Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape with Klara Ravat
Sunday 3 September, 14:00-18:00
Ticket: €38,50,- Students* / €55 Regular
*Please bring proof of your VAT or a student card.

Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkpark 6, Amsterdam

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Klara Ravat (SE) - 03 September 2016. As part of her 10 day Artist in Residency program, Klara Ravat hosted the workshop: The Scent of Amsterdam. Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape . The aim was to collectively explore the neighbourhood of Mediamatic Biotoop, visit aromatic urban spaces and learn how to distill a scented memory of Amsterdam. The distillation of the found materials was done in Mediamatic's Bio Clean Lab. A space which is dedicated to working with living matter. Klara Ravat, Margherita Soldati

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Participants of the Scent of Amsterdam workshop smelling sand -

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26-06-2017 Distilling Flowers and Leaves for the 'Scent of Amsterdam' - The plants that grow on the Mediamatic grounds or the waste from the kitchen of Mediamatic, will form scent bouquets that can be distilled into an essential oil. Anisa Xhomaqi

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Participants of the Scent of Amsterdam Workshop smelling around Leonie Alpheus

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Leonie Alpheus

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Workshop: The Scent of Amsterdam - Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape Chiara Barraco

With: Klara Ravat