Episode 19: Science of Scent
Smell is a powerful thing, it transports us back in time, make us feel all sorts of emotions, and when we lose our sense of smell, it can signal malady or disease before any other symptom. In this episode, we explore the connection between scent, emotion, and memory, and why COVID-19 is messing with our olfactory bulbs!
My guest this month is the wonderful and effortlessly cool, visionary Saskia Wilson-Brown, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Art and Olfaction who will be talking about her own experience with scent and how the Institute is helping to make the world of perfumery more accessible through education, and scent creation not just a pleasure but an art form.
Guest
Saskia Wilson-Brown
Saskia has a background in Art and Film, and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Art and Olfaction.
Saskia Wilson-Brown co-directed the Silver Lake Film Festival and ran international filmmaker outreach at Al Gore’s Current TV while producing initiatives around new models in the arts. In 2012, her interest in trans-media practices led her to create The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a non-profit devoted to experimentation and access in perfumery. Through the IAO, she has launched projects with institutions such as Pulitzer Foundation, Getty Institute, Danish Film Institute, National Media Museum UK, Hammer Museum, Wallace Collection, New Mexico Highlands University, and many more. In 2013, she launched the Art and Olfaction Awards, an international awards mechanism for independent perfumers. She recently served as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London. She recently started a PhD, exploring the relationship between perfume, access and power.
Tracklistings
DJ Spoony feat. Sugababes - Flowers
OutKast - Roses
Jonah Yano & Nono - Perfume
FKJ - Ylang Ylang
Soulwax - (feat. Chloe Sevigny) - Heaven Scent
Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Blind Boy Fuller - What's That Smells Like Fish
Parliament - Sir Nose D Voidoffunk
LISTEN TO THE SHOW PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY
*With music from Sun Araw, Antiguo Autómata Mexicano, Cary Allison AKA D’addy, Aylu, Galaxy Express 555 and Callie Ryan
SUN ARAW - Big Bruce, Arrambe
Antiguo Autómata Mexicano - Mitte (Kampion Mix), Valleys
Cat 500 - Ochanomizu, Peluria
Aylu - 02 II
Galaxy Express 555 - Valleys
Callie Ryan - unnamed