Scentual Encounters
Scents are invisible, intangible, volatile, and transient. Our olfactory register is bombarded as we navigate daily life. Nearly all the products we use on our bodies (shampoo, lotion, make-up, toothpaste) and our homes (laundry detergent, dish soap, floor cleaner) are scented. We seek to control the aromas we find undesirable; we use antiperspirant to suppress...
reminiSCENT (2018)
reminiSCENT | 25 July to 11 August 2018 | MAY SPACE, Sydney reminiSCENT surveys contemporary artists initiating multisensory experiences through olfactory encounters. Smelling is classified as a “bodily sense” in that along with touch and taste, in order to be ‘known’ or perceived, they need to be experienced with the body. Scent receptors are located...
Mouthfeel at Upper CVPA Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
15 February to 9 March 2018 | Upper CVPA GalleryUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth [Invited] Mouthfeel is currently screening at Upper CVPA Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the United States. This exhibition features the work of Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Hannah Raisin, Nina Ross, Martynka Wawrzyniak, and Elizabeth Willing. It first screened at Brenda May Gallery in June...
Mouthfeel at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Larrakia/Darwin
9 April to 7 May 2016 | Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Larrakia/Darwin Mouthfeel is currently screening at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Larrakia/Darwin. Of the show NCCA writes: Mouthfeel is a collection of five films curated by Megan Fizell exploring the mouth through its navigation, ingestion and expulsion of edible and non-edible substances....
Mouthfeel at Parer Place Urban Screens, QUT, Meanjin/Brisbane
30 Nov to 10 Dec 2015 | Parer Place Urban Screens, QUT, Meanjin/Brisbane Mouthfeel is screening at the Creative Industries Precinct at Queensland University of Technology in Meanjin/Brisbane from Monday 30 November until Thursday 10 December 2015. This exhibition first screened at Brenda May Gallery in June 2015 and features the work of Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Hannah...
Mouthfeel at Brenda May Gallery, Gadigal/Sydney
Mouthfeel is defined as the physical sensations in the mouth created by food or drink. The objective of this exhibition is to stimulate a synaesthetic response in the viewer through the observation of these films. The mouth is used by these artists to trigger the sense of taste and touch by the ingestion of edible...
Further Reading – 16 March 2015
+ READ: I have an article in the current issue of IMPRINT magazine. The essay is titled “Squashings, pressings, and stains: food as a medium in printmaking and works on paper” and discusses the work of Ed Ruscha, Dieter Roth, Martynka Wawrzyniak, and Elizabeth Willing. The research pertaining to the practises of Ruscha and Roth...
Mouthfeel (2015)
Mouthfeel | 9 June to 4 July 2015 | Brenda May Gallery, Gadigal/Sydney Mouthfeel is defined as the physical sensations in the mouth created by food or drink. The objective of this exhibition is to stimulate a synaesthetic response in the viewer through the observation of these films. The mouth is used by these artists to...