Pop-up Perfume Laboratory + Public Happenings
Events take place between February 11 – 17, 2020
Travel program takes place between February 13 – 17, 2020
Havana, Cuba
in partnership with dublab, Project Por Amor
In February 2020, Dublab, the Institute for Art and Olfaction and Project Por Amor join forces for a series of acoustic and olfactive programs in Havana, Cuba including a pop-up perfume lab, concerts and cross-cultural collaborations.Our programs – geared to providing access to the ways and means of perfumery to the Cuban people – will culminate with a 5 day tour for our international friends. We are thrilled to invite you to join us on a five day excursion to this hustling, bustling city.
Read on for information about the public program, and for information about joining us.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CUBAN PUBLIC
The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) and dublab announce a week long auditory-olfactory cultural program in Havana. IAO and dublab have a shared mission of making creative practices and applications available to the wider public, with a strong focus on international dialogue. The organizations, together, will present an opportunity for creative dialogue with the Cuban public through a series of unique synesthetic events.
Starting February 12th, IAO and dublab will present a series of electronic music happenings, workshops, and events, bringing dublab’s international roster of DJs to Havana to perform at some of the city’s most exciting cultural spaces and in collaboration with some of Havana’s best musicians, while the IAO produces aromatic events and workshops.
The project is being organized by LA Based Project Por Amor, a full-service arts production, education, and travel organization that specializes in facilitating complex performing arts exchanges in Cuba.
TRAVEL WITH US
Our programs in Havana will culminate with a four night / five day tour, taking place between February 13 – 17, 2020. People from all over can join us for a cross-modal, synesthetic cultural program over five amazing days of happenings, workshops and good times.
From the moment participants land in Havana to the moment they take off, their time will be packed full of culture, music, scents, art, person-to-person exchange and – of course – fun.
All our programs will be geared towards creating access to music and perfume and important cultural exchange with Cuban musicians, perfumers and artists. And, honestly. we’re planning for some pretty memorable and synesthetic times.
TRAVEL DETAILS
Dates: Feb. 13 (arrive Havana) to Feb. 17 (leave Havana)
Cost: $2,995 (double occupancy) / $3,495 (single occupancy)
Deposits of $750 are due to Project Por Amor to secure a space.
Cost includes: Housing for four nights, airport transfers, Cuban visas, licensing paperwork, 4 breakfasts 3 lunches and 3 dinners, daily assistance from Project Por Amor liaison Sage Lewis (the best!), medical insurance in Cuba, professional Cuban tour guide and interpreter, inclusion in and access to all our planned excursions and programs, and more!
Cost does not include: Airfare to Havana (between $400 – $600), hotel in MIami or anywhere outside Cuba, tips for Cuban tour guide, chauffeur or waiters, one dinner, trip interruption insurance.
Licensing: Our itinerary is designed to fully adhere to the US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) General License for Support for the Cuban People category of legal travel to Cuba. Each traveler will engage in a full-time schedule of activities that result in meaningful interaction with individuals in Cuba, enhance contact with the Cuban people, support civil society in Cuba, and promote the Cuban people’s independence from Cuban authorities. Staying in private Cuban residences (casas particulares), eating at privately owned Cuban restaurants (paladares), shopping at privately owned stores run by self-employed Cubans (cuentapropistas), and engaging in dublab’s music and IAO’s scent workshops that are free and open to the Cuban people are an important part of this program. US guidelines of legal travel to Cuba remain the same as of March 2016 (as described above) but are expected to change in early July. Participants who sign up and pay a deposit for this tour before June 30 will be required to adhere to the current regulations and will not be affected by any new restrictions of U.S. Cuba travel policy announced in the near future. In other words, all participants who commit by making payments by June 30 will be grandfathered in under OFAC’s current regulations and cannot be penalized retroactively for any unreleased changes in travel policy.
Sales hype: We have selected Project Por Amor Travel because of their success in providing programs in Cuba for over ten years. Project Por Amor is an education, arts, and travel production organization devoted to advancing cultural understanding between Cubans and Americans. They specialize in producing high quality People-to-People Educational Travel, Public Performance, and Professional Research delegations to Cuba. Through our extensive experience and unique network throughout the island we design custom exchanges for U.S. professionals to visit Cuba and pioneer new partnerships with its leading players. We comply with the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control to legally bring Americans to Cuba on People-to-People exchanges. For more information on Project Por Amor and what they do. please visit their site: Projectporamor.com
More information: Spots will be given on a first-come-first serve basis on payment of the non-refundable deposit. We encourage you to sign up while there is still availability. Airfare is not included. A number of flights on major airlines flying from major cities to Havana are available. You can purchase online or through your preferred agent. Staff at Project Por Amor are available to offer guidance ahead of you making your own arrangements.
For more information on any aspect of this trip, please contact Sage Lewis at Project Por Amor by telephone: 310-961-1574 or email: sage@projectporamor.com
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For more information on any aspect of this trip, please contact Sage Lewis at Project Por Amor by telephone: 310-961-1574 or email: sage@projectporamor.com
About dublab
dublab is a non-profit, radio station based in Los Angeles. Since 1999, we have been broadcasting wide-spectrum music from around the world. dublab’s programming has expanded to include the production of original art exhibits, films, events record releases and educational programs related to health, youth, development, education and creative processes.
http://dublab.com
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About the Institute for Art and Olfaction
Founded in September 2012 in Los Angeles, The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a 501(c)3 non-profit devoted to advancing public, artistic and experimental engagement with scent. We do this by initiating and supporting experimental projects that utilize the medium of scent, by providing accessible and affordable education in our laboratory as well as in partnership with institutions and community groups, and by celebrating excellence in independent, artisan and experimental perfumery through our yearly award mechanism, The Art and Olfaction Awards. Through these efforts, we extend the world of scent beyond its traditional boundaries of appreciation and use.
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About Project por Amor
Project Por Amor is an artist-run organization which harnesses the power of arts and culture to bring Cubans and Americans together. Through travel dialogue and artistic exchange we are committed to building a better future between our two close but distant societies.
http://projectporamor.com/