Workshop: Klara Ravat, Stichting Mediamatic

Workshop: The Scent of Amsterdam

Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape

22 okt 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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Klara and participants distilling the Scent of Amsterdam - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Program

10:30 - 12:00 Introduction - What is smell and how to distill scent
12:00 - 12:45 Smell Walk
12:45 - 13:30 Lunch Break (lunch not included)
13:30 - 14:30 Discussion of findings - What did we pick, why and what to distill?
14:30 - 16:30 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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Participants of the Scent of Amsterdam Workshop smelling flowers - Anisa Xhomaqi

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 Institution 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 22 October, 10:30-16:30
Ticket: €38,50,- Students* / €55 Regular
*Please bring proof of your VAT or a student card.

Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

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The Scent of Amsterdam - Klara Ravat (SE) - 03 September 2016. Als onderdeel van haar 10 dagen durende Artist in Residency project, organiseerde Klara Ravat de workshop The Scent of Amsterdam. Distilling Odors of an Urban Landscape. Het doel was, om samen de buurt van de Mediamatic Biotoop te verkennen, aromatische stedelijke gebieden te bezoeken en te leren hoe je een geurende herinnering aan Amsterdam destilleert. Het destilleren van de gevonden materialen werd gedaan in het Mediamatic Bio Clean Lab , een plek die is gewijd aan het… Klara Ravat, Margherita Soldati

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Participants of the Scent of Amsterdam workshop smelling sand -

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26-06-2017 Bloemen en bladeren destilleren voor 'De geur van Amsterdam' - De planten die groeien op het Mediamatic-terrein en het afval uit de keuken, of met wat materiaal die de deelnemers naar de tafel brengen, zullen we geurboeketten vormen die worden gedistilleerd tot een artistieke etherische olie. Anisa Xhomaqi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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