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February, 2017: Poems for Cynics

February, 2017: Poems for Cynics

Gentle readers beware. Our February newsletter warrants no introduction. It does, however, warrant three apologies.

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January, 2017: Pigeon’s Eye View

January, 2017: Pigeon’s Eye View

A message from IAO director, Saskia Wilson-Brown

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December, 2016: What Will The Future Bring?

December, 2016: What Will The Future Bring?

We keep hearing this question, and we want to help!

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November, 2016: Election Day in America

November, 2016: Election Day in America

“Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

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October, 2016: We Interrupt this Broadcast

October, 2016: We Interrupt this Broadcast

Can you bloody BELIEVE that it’s time to start preparing your submission for the Art and Olfaction Awards, again? Heck, we’ve barely recovered from our last event.

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September, 2016: Me up at does

September, 2016: Me up at does

e.e. cummings said it best.

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July, 2016: Eclectic Ephemera

July, 2016: Eclectic Ephemera

Voltaire’s Sirian giant Micromégas comes across a battalion of humans at war, and finds himself shocked at the barbarity of what he sees. He asks a philosopher: What is going on, here?

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April, 2016: NSFW (True Story)

April, 2016: NSFW (True Story)

He smelled like stale cigarettes, unwashed teenage armpits and a strident, neon cologne – the kind the desperately poor might buy at Boots and spray onto badly washed clothes before a job interview. Moral of the story?

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February, 2016: Riddle Me This

February, 2016: Riddle Me This

The big news this month is that we are teaming up with Hammer Museum to present AIX Scent Fair – the first international artisan, independent, experimental scent fair to be presented by a contemporary art museum. It all happens May 6–8, 2016 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles – and applications to participate are due Feb 8!

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