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JULY.
“It is a matter,” said the philosopher, “of some piles of mud as big as your heel. It is not that any of these millions of men that slit each other’s throats care about this pile of mud. It is only a matter of determining if it should belong to a certain man who we call ‘Sultan,’ or to another who we call, for whatever reason, ‘Czar.’ Neither one has ever seen nor will ever see the little piece of Earth, and almost none of these animals that mutually kill themselves have ever seen the animal for which they kill.”
The voyager was moved with pity for the small human race, where he was discovering such surprising contrasts.
- Micromégas (1752), Voltaire
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WEDS. – OPEN SESSIONS
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
Come learn the basics of perfumery, and make new friends while working from a selection of aromatic molecules. Beginners and the mildly curious are not only welcome, but strongly encouraged to attend.
Wednesday, July 6 - Sign Up
Wednesday, July 13 - Sign Up
Wednesday, July 27 - Sign Up
5:30 to 8:00pm
Cost: $40.00 for first-timers (incl. materials)
$8.50 for returning students (bring your materials!)
Members receive a 10% discount
> More information
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SAT 07/16 – SNOWBLINK FEAT. INGA
AN AROMATIC CONCERT
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
For this special event, Snowblink trades in their old-hat sense of sight for the pleasures / fascination of the olfactory. Snowblink will play an aromatic set in collaboration with the Institute for Art and Olfaction while you recline, blindfolded. We will be joined by our favorites and friends, the very great INGA.
8:00pm to 10:00pm
Cost: $13.00 – RSVP Required
BRING A CUSHION + A BLINDFOLD (A BANDANA WILL DO)
> Get your ticket
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TUE 07/19 - BEYOND GENIUS: CREATIVITY IN PERFUME-MAKING
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
The Scent Culture Institute’s Dr. Nada Endrissat joins us for an analytical discussion about ‘genius’ and ‘inspiration’ in perfume-making. Opening the blackbox of creativity, the talk will focus on empirical data from case study research in the niche perfume industry and outline the aesthetic and sensual practices that enable creative solutions in perfume-making.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Cost: Free (with RSVP)
> Sign up here
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THU 07/21 - OPENING NIGHT: NEW WORKS ON PAPER BY MICAH HAHN
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
The Institute for Art and Olfaction is pleased to present ‘New Works on Paper by Micah Hahn‘, an exhibition of drawings and prints by Los Angeles-based designer Micah Hahn, in the IAO’s Upstairs Project Space. Exhibition runs through 12 August.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Cost: Free to attend
> More information
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THU 07/28 + SAT 07/30 – MOTION SENSITIVE SCENT ROBOTS
AT MACHINE PROJECT + IAO
Machine Project and the Institute for Art and Olfaction are teaming up for a two-part workshop where participants will learn how to design their own custom motion-sensor scent mechanisms – complete with custom scent! The applications are endless. Led by multimedia designer and technologist Chris Weisbart and IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Thu 07/28, 7:00pm to 9:00pm – at IAO
Sat 07/30, 1:00pm to 4:00pm – at Machine Project
Cost: $85 for Machine Project and IAO members
$95 for non-members
IAO Members: Please email us for the discount code
> Sign up here
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JULY 2016: FREE SMELLS, BY ERIK BENJAMINS
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
Free Smells, a neon sign appropriated from a nation-wide sandwich chain, has been embraced as another working mantra for the practice of Erik Benjamins. First realized for an exhibition of of the same name this past spring, Free Smells adapts a popular marketing artifact to poetically value the worthwhile, intimate endeavors of smelling and sensing.
> Learn more
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THU. 08/04 – BEGINNERS ONLY SESSION
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
A special guided session for first-timers. Join us for a three-hour wild ride into the whys, hows, and what?!s of perfumery, with plenty of hands-on blending time.
Read our cancellation policy before signing up, please!
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Level: Beginners only
Cost: $50.00 – RSVP Required
Members receive a 10% discount
> Sign up here
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SAT 08/13 + SUN 08/14 - BEACH + MARINE INTENSIVE
at The Institute for Art and Olfaction
Ashley Eden Kessler returns to teach a two-day intensive - good for beginners and more advanced students - exploring beachy and marine accords. Join us for a weekend of olfactory observation and formulation, and leave with your own professional beach and marine formulas.
Please review our cancellation policy before signing up for classes.
11:00am - 4:00pm
Level: Beginner + Intermediate
Cost: $325.00 - RSVP Required
Members receive a 10% discount
> Sign up here
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ONGOING: ANDREW BERARDINI
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
Writer Andrew Berardini is in residence for a freeform collaboration through November, 2016. The residency will result in the publication of a chapbook, containing essays and thoughts as penned during the course of his time at the IAO. All other results are to be determined.
> More information
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SUN. JULY 10: BETTINA HUBBY BOOK SIGNING
AT ARCANA BOOKS ON THE ARTS
Please join Klowden Mann, LAND and Arcana: Books on the Arts to celebrate the release of our studio-mate Bettina Hubby’s artist book Thanks for the Mammaries. Thanks for the Mammaries began on Facebook as a unique and smile-inducing way for Hubby to announce her own diagnosis with breast cancer and the double mastectomy surgery that soon followed. Hubby asked for people to send her boobs, not sadness and the resulting array of breastishness was boggling and delightful, eerie and powerful.
4:00 to 6:00 PM
Free to attend
> More information
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SEPTEMBER: TRANOÏ NYC
IN NEW YORK CITY, YO!
TRANOÏ is collaborating with KVD NYC to bring its specialty perfume and home fragrance trade show to New York City during TRANOÏ New York. Tranoï, which means “between us” in Italian, was founded in 1992 and is one of the leading fashion trade show organisers in France. Hosting designer trade shows eight times a year in Paris and New York City - including Tranoï New York, Tranoï Homme and Tranoï Preview, as well as Tranoï Femme - their events attract more than 30,000 visitors from around the world.
Sept 17 - 19, 2016
New York City
> Register
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AND THIS IS WHERE WE ASK FOR HELP
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AMAZON SMILE
HELP US SURVIVE, PERHAPS EVEN THRIVE
Surviving as a non-profit means finding creative ways to pay our rent. We've signed up with a smart new donation processing service called Flipcause, and part of their offerings is partner shopping. So... We're trying it out.
Shop on Amazon using the link below, and we get .05% of qualifying purchases. Hey, it adds up!
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MEMBERS + DONATIONS
HELP US SURVIVE, PERHAPS EVEN THRIVE
The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a unique and singular mission. We are devoted to raising the visibility and access to olfactory arts, both at our home in in Los Angeles and beyond. Your fiscal support helps us achieve that goal.
Make a donation today! Any recurring donation automatically grants you an IAO membership.
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