Art Experiment. You’re on Air teaser with mediators

Scents have captivated people throughout history. They have inspired paintings and sculptures, books and music pieces… In a sequence of 15-minute talks, Art Experiment mediators will show how artists approached the subject of scents in different eras.

Event moderated by Alina Hayrutdinova

15:00–15:15 — “Olfaction in Ancient Art” (Daria Kuznetsova)

15:20–15:35 — “Olfaction in the Art of the Middle Ages” (Ekaterina Lomeeva)

15:40–15:55 — “Olfaction in Renaissance and Modern Age Art” (Fyodor Shamonov)

16:00–16:15 — “Olfaction in the Art of the First Half of the Twentieth Century” (Anastasia Shestak)

16:20–16:35 — “Olfaction in the Art of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century” (Daria Ananko)

16:40–16:55 — “Olfaction in Contemporary Art” (Evgenia Beryoza)

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Mediator Yulya Korovyanskaya will show various ways of interacting with scents. Participants will smell ten scents, discuss why some seem pleasant and others repulsive, and find out how our olfactory preferences are formed during our childhood years.

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Mediator Olya Kosheleva will speak about the sacred meaning of scents and ether in the esoteric paradigm and explain how esoteric practices are inextricably connected to olfaction. Participants will make kyphi incense, which was used for magic rituals in Ancient Egypt.

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Which stages of recognition and comprehension must a scent go through before we can say with certainty that we have smelt a lemon or an orange, a rose or a lily? Why do scents trigger memories and what is the Proust effect? How do perfumes work? Why can we start experiencing more scents just by speaking about our olfactory experiences? The process of olfactory recognition was not fully understood by scientists until recently. Only in the 1990s did Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck describe the functioning of olfactory receptors. Critic Daria Dolina will explain the science behind scents and speak about olfaction in general.

About the speaker

Daria Donina is a literary and art critic. She studied journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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