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Title: | Olfabet | Contributors/Performers: | DE CUPERE, Peter Devos, Piet In den Kleef, Tonia Lan Ng, Mei Larangé, Leticia Gosselin, Jan Van Onacker, Francky De Waele, Timmy |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Abstract: | The Olfabet is an olfactory alphabet. Imagine that you can read words and texts just by smelling. With every breath we (unconsciously) smell. By linking specific scents to letters, we can expand our ability to read and learn. The Olfabet allows letters, words, and sentences to be translated into scents, thus creating an Olfalanguage. Several olfactory letters form a scent accord, which can be instantly recognized as a word without having to smell the individual scents. The concept of the Olfareaders which are 3D printed smell devices help with reading digital texts by smelling. More info www.olfabet.com To start the Olfabet research 26 fragrances were selected by the Olfactory Ambassadors being 7 blind and visual impaired people. Most of the fragrances are scent molecules. For instance, the letter O smells to Aldehyde C18, the letter C to Habanolide, the letter D to Isocyclocitral, the letter E is Cis-3-Hexenol, the Letter I is Citral, L is Cashmeran, W is Aphermate, X is Cinnamyl acetate, …. Some other letters are essential oils like the letter A is Rosemary, letter B is clary sage, F is Caraway seeds, G is Oud, N is Lavandin Abrialis, R is Parsley, U is Fenugreek, Y is Cumin, … The Olfabet concept, design and realization is done by olfactory artist dr. Peter de Cupere who’s doing research at the PXL MAD Research group Manufracture in Hasselt, Belgium (https://pxl-mad.be/en/mad-research) in how to use smell in combination with 3D printing and scented polymers. For the realization of the Olfabet, he worked together with 7 blind and visual impaired people who selected the fragrances and tested out the working of the Olfabet. These olfactory ambassadors have made a unique contribution to the development of this beautiful sensory project, based on their own lived experiences. They are Dr. Piet Devos, Tonia In den Kleef, Leticia Larangé, Jan Gosselin, Francky van Onacker, Timmy De Waele, Mei Lan NG. |
Keywords: | Olfabet;Peter de Cupere;Olfactory art;Olfareading;Olfalanguage;Olfactory language;Olfactory alphabet;Scent letters;olfactory reading;scent reading;scent text composition;olfareaders;smell device;olfactory design;scent design;sense of smell;olfactory learning;blind people;smell learning device;visual impaired | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39789 | Link to publication/dataset: | www.olfabet.com | Discipline: | beeldende kunsten | Research Context: | The Olfabet concept, design and realization is done by olfactory artist dr. Peter de Cupere who’s doing research at the PXL MAD Research group Manufracture in Hasselt, Belgium in how to use smell in combination with 3D printing and scented polymers. | Impact Description: | Exhibitions: - The Olfabet was presented for the first time in the exhibition ‘The World Within Reach’ in Bruges, 29.05.21 - 29.08.21 The Olfabet was presented in several exhibitions and lectures. There is a lot of interest in concept of the Olfabet and how it's used. More exhibitions and lectures are following. Some of the exhibitions, lectures and a poster presentation: - Living with Scents, Museum of Craft and Design, curated by Clara Muller and Elisabetta Pisu, San Francisco, US, 11.02 – 5.05.2022 - NTAA Award, International New Technology Art Award, Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE, 05.02 -13.05.2022 Lectures: - MCD Virtual Speaker Series: Living with Scents, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, US, 16.04.2022 - LASER Talks Brussels – The olfactory experience as a new language with Peter DE CUPERE and Piet DEVOS, online lecture, IMAL, Brussels (BE), 12.06.2022 Poster Presentation - Poster presentation, Day of humanities and social sciences, UHasselt, BE, 01.06.2022 | Related Info: | PXL-MAD Research Olfabet, The world at your fingertips: tools for the blind education, Arendshuis Museum Brugges, curators Filip Demeyer, Piet Devos, Tonia In den Kleef, Brugges, BE, 21.05 – 29.08.2021 Living with Scents, Museum of Craft and Design, curated by Clara Muller and Elisabetta Pisu, San Francisco, US, 11.02 – 5.05.2022 NTAA Award, International New Technology Art Award, Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE, 05.02 -13.05.2022 |
Category: | AOR | Type: | Artistic/designerly creation |
Appears in Collections: | Artistic/designerly creations |
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