Murky Swamp, Delta Splat

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In this Aromathèque, we don't just visit the swamp; we become it. Sink knee-deep into the yielding, muddy soil, feel the pulse of the rotting clay, home to the arenicola, thrumming between your toes.

Sea alsem lifts the spirits and covers up the sweet aroma of a dead eider duck. We are welcomed to the lands where seaweed is helplessly awaiting higher tides to be released from the pulling forces of gravity. One theory for losing our fur as human beings is that our ancestors lived for a while in the water and as offspring of the Cananefates we, the Dutch, feel at home in the muddy waters and are happiest when our fingers start to wrinkle from the brakish waters of our delta. Every month olfactory artist Frank Bloem curates a program where experts, artists, designers and scientists shift our perspectives on what we eat, drink, touch, inhale, secrete and smell. These so called "lower senses" are not only placed lower in our body but also were considered through history as lesser, more banal and not sophisticated. We think differently. Starting from a simple theme with a thought provoking question, we go on a journey and inviting people from different disciplines to discover the world that lies behind everyday phenomena.
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Frank Bloem

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He started his lab The Snifferoo in 2016 and creates scent art projects. From elephant scents for Artis Zoo to erotic pine scents for festival Into the great wide Open. He works with artist and museums and has a long term collaboration with The Embassy of the North Sea for who he made art projects and a perfume. For Mediamatic Frank has been active since 2017. From Collaborating on Odorama evenings with Caro Verbeek to giving scent and distillation workshops. Since 2019 he is the manager of the Aroma Lab that he set up together with Niklaus Metler.
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Venus Jasper

Venus Jasper (they/he) is a queer visual artist and singer-priestess. In their work Venus Jasper creates sculptural mudscapes, participatory performances and ultra-sensory spatial installations. They are currently working on Wetlands Worship, a research project around the revival of ecological kinship with wetlands and the speculative investigation of drained wetlands and swamps, the sentiments and sediments of wetland goddesses, new rituals and musical offerings.


Information

Thursday 11th of September
19:30 - 21:00
Ticket: €12,50
Student, kunstenaar, Stadspas: €8,50

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Location

Mediamatic Biotoop
Dijksgracht 6
1019 BS Amsterdam

Click for the route to Mediamatic

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