Tag: intervention

SCENTS OF GEISHA

intervention (2013)

Maki Ueda (JP/NL)

 

To the traditional geisha, scents were a tool of her trade. During this causal intervention in the lobby, a geisha will entertain your sense of smell, using a variety of such tools and skills. But she is also a member of the Camera Japan audience, so you may well spot her watching a movie, having a drink or making chit-chat. Who knows, if you stick around, she may surprise you too!

CAMERA JAPAN Festival

I used: 
ylang ylang for the flowers on hair, 
agarwood for veil, rose for fur fan, 
sandalwood for the other wooden fan, 
ylang ylang for blue paper flowers I folded for kids, 
and amber for myself.

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PHOTO: HENK JAN KAMERBEEK

 

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PHOTO: HENK JAN KAMERBEEK

 

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PHOTO: HENK JAN KAMERBEEK

 

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PHOTO: HENK JAN KAMERBEEK

 

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GEISHA

two parallel olfactory environments inspired by the historical intercourse between Japan and Holland

installation with live performance and intervention (2009)
sex_geisha_kapitijn
tsukioka

This work, consisting of two parallel olfactory environments, takes you on a sensory journey to 17th-century Japan when the Dutch were stationed on the artificial island Deshima off the Japanese coast.  The scents are not trying to tell you the truth – they take you to the world of imagination and fascination.

(1) ROOM OF GEISHA

This is a room with the Japanese smells that the head of the VOC was presumeably smelling in Japan about 400 years ago.

[PLEASE TOUCH!] You are invited to sniff around and survey the room. Step into the role of the geisha or that of the visiting VOC chief. Lie down on the tatami mats, powder your face and sample the odours of old Japan, smells that were so exotic to the first Dutch visitors.

(2) ROOM OF THE HEAD OF THE DUTCH VOC

This is a room with the Dutch smells: coffee, cigarette, and meat.  They were introduced to Japan by the Dutch.

More documentations regarding its development: http://scent-lab.blogspot.com/search/label/%5BGEISHA%5D