Over 15 years ago, when I first fell in love with the idea of using invisible materials to engage audiences, I had to rely naively on the essential-oils-with-vodka-macerate-for-6-weeks model, then followed by a serendipitous workshop in Northern California where I was exposed to beautiful, highly specialized, and barely available natural perfumery materials. The sources of…
The second annual Scent + Art festival in Riga, Latvia this May was a much needed boost of community and creativity that amplified scent in courageous, and intuitive ways. The curation was inclusive and experimental, towing the line of serendipity and faith in the interdisciplinary nature of art and scent. Founder Sandris Mūriņš and his…