SMELL AND TASTE

I found very interesting the idea of having the sense of smell alter our emotions. Though what i liked the most about the reading was the idea of color and language influencing and confusing the person who is using his senses to identify a specific thing. It makes you think about reality, and how our own bodies are able to deceive us. "I think therefore I exist" could it lead to i sense therefore I think?... which leads to I trick myself?

This is an article about how smells can unlock forgotten memories:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120312-why-can-smells-unlock-memories

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks is a neurologist and author of some of my favorite books. This is an article about one of his books, "Hallucinations", where he describes how people can hallucinate through any and all of the 5 senses. He says, "The brain has to keep active, it has to keep going and if it's not being fed through the senses, the eyes and ears and nose, it will dip into the brain and come up with something." I kind of wish this happened to me more often.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/10/daily-circuit-oliver-sacks-hallucinations

art of smell

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/03/Hey-Smell-This-Olfactory-Art-Is-Coming-to-New-York/

smell me

 Martynka Wawryzyniak

It is a really unique and original idea to use one’s organic odor to represent self-portrait. It would be much more interesting if the artist has combined the smell with other senses instead of just representing her collection of odors. Also, the work of art seems to be only meaningful to the artist. It would be more interactive if the artist represents a documentary of her process collecting her essence. There are many elements that compose one’s body odor. Body odor is like a one’s path.  For example, the artist could represent ingredients of tears  Or the artist can extend this project to a public project such as “what makes everyone smell unique?”

Making Sensory 1/29

Hello all, Welcome to the first week of Research Studio II: Making Sensory. Here's our checklist for this week:

 READ (+highlight/mark passages of interest for class discussion/your own work):
* Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, "The Bloom of a Taste Bud"
* Rachel Herz, the Scent of Desire, excerpt

POST something you find interesting or relevant on the topic of smell/taste.
Posting should include your own response to the article, recipe, artist profile, science info etc. along with:
* relevant hyperlink(s), like this one on sensory deprivation mapping (!)
* a related image or video (from the site you're linking to, or just something you find that fits the topic) 

BRING to the next class...
* your marked-up readings
* CTA U-Pass card
* a little cash $ for a single grocery item. NOTE: credit cards may not be accepted where we're going. $5 should be sufficient.
* one shareable smell sample related to your personal experience.This can be something applied to the skin (oil, lotion, perfume), something diffused, sprayed or steamed into the air (if you have a device to do so), wafted from a jar when it is opened, etc.
please make sure it is NOT toxic or allergy-provoking!

If you have questions or have trouble posting to the blog, please email me sooner than later.

The External World

http://vimeo.com/22462619

It's really a cool animated short film and it's interesting.

Try this!

http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk//Transformer/