Sat., July 21 – Olfactory Wiki-thon
An international Wikipedia editing day, devoted to updating and creating olfactory pages.
With Maxwell Williams, Minetta Rogers, with help from Simon Tooley / Etiket
Bring your laptop and your writing skills as the IAO, Mediamatic and Etiket lead a day-long, international Wikipedia editing session. The goal: Fill out and update Wikipedia information for perfumery and related topics.
Writers, perfumer historians, social scientists and Wikipedia editors are invited to join one of our international hosts, and participate at one of our locations in Europe, the United States, Canada and with more to come. We’ll bring clear instructions, drinks and snacks; you bring yourself, your laptop, and your pre-existing Wikipedia account log in information.
Results
During this session, participants in Amsterdam, Montréal, Sydney and Los Angeles created the following articles:
Christopher Brosius
Maki Ueda
Maschmeÿer
Oliver Cresp
Septimus Piesse
Sillage
Alessandro Gualtieri
Anne Flipo
Daniela (Roche) Andrier
Dominique Ropion
François Demachy
Geza Schoen
Josephine Catapano
Mark Buxton
Serge Lutens
Ralph Schwieger
Germaine Cellier
Carlos Benaim
Perfume Organ
Poison
Sillage
Olfactory Art
Germaine Cellier
Sophia Grojsman
The Art and Olfaction Awards
We also possibly coined a new term: ‘Osmography’ (a term akin to ‘discography’)
Participants included: Maxwell Williams, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Mirjam Eikelboom, Julianne Lee, Miguel Matos in Amsterdam; Jocelyn Fullerton in Sydney; Dana El Masri in Montréal; Minetta Rogers, Angélique Lili, Conor McTeague, and Shelly Ray in Los Angeles
LOCATIONS
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leader: Maxwell Williams
Location: Mediamatic Panorama Studio (Dijksgracht 6, 1019 BS Amsterdam)
Date: Saturday July 21
Time: 11am to 6pm CET
Los Angeles, USA
Leader: Minetta Rogers
Location: The Institute for Art and Olfaction (932 Chung King Road, Los Angeles CA. 90012)
Date: Saturday July 21
Time: 12pm to 5pm PST
ABOUT THE OPEN SOURCING SMELL CULTURE PROGRAM
Open Sourcing Smell Culture is a year-long collaborative program between the Institute for Art and Olfaction and Mediamatic (with other partners to be announced) that explores alternative attribution and sharing strategies for the perfume industry. The program will take the shape of workshops and working groups, and will culminate in 2019 with the publication of a set of recommendations for open source methodologies in scent creation, perfumery, and related practices.
We kick off the program with two events in July, 2018, as part of our month-long Art Olfaction Amsterdam program at Mediamatic. On July 21, 2018, we host an Intellectual Property and Scent Workshop, where experts in the field of copyright and perfumery will come together to assess the landscape, and create program goals. On July 22, 2018, we team up with groups around the world to facilitate an international Wiki-thon dedicated to updating and creating pages related to olfactory practices and perfumery.
If you are interested in attending, and in being a part of this ongoing program, please email us at hello@artandolfaction.com.
PRODUCING PARTNERS
MEDIAMATIC
Mediamatic is a cultural institution dedicated to new developments in the arts since 1983. We organize lectures, workshops and art projects, focusing on nature, biotechnology and art+science in a strong international network. At Mediamatic we are always looking for new developments in society. We are interested in how art, design and science merge and how we can use this to experiment with new (living) materials. We challenge the senses and tackle perceptions regarding food, waste and unconventional materials such as piss, bacteria and fungi. The processes involved are all based on sustainable principles, as we are happy to contribute to a circular economy.
THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION
Founded in 2012 in Los Angeles, The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) is a 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.