Smeller (since 2012: Smeller 2.0) is an installation by the Berlin-based artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf, which as an instrument and medium enables the composing and precise broadcasting or performance of complex scent sequences. These can also be synchronized with simultaneously reproduced sounds, films, narrative texts, dance or theatre.
The first mechanically controllable prototype of a scent ‘organ’ (in the sense of a musical instrument) was invented by Wolfgang Georgsdorf in 1990 and demonstrated for the first time in the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum.[1][2][3] Georgsdorf thus realized a time-based art form he called Osmodrama in order to enable the exploration and performance of olfactory sequences and ‘chords’.[4] The instrument is used for staging, programming, recording and playback. Smeller 2.0, which can be played or controlled by MIDI, was first presented to the public in 2012 in the exhibition Sinnesrausch at the OK Center for Contemporary Art in the OÖ Kulturquartier in Linz, Austria.[5] Georgsdorf cooperated with the perfumer Geza Schön for the development of the individual odour components. In the same place one year later, the native scent film "NO(I)SE 1" premiered during the film festival Crossing Europe.[6]
In the same year Georgsdorf received the Austrian award "Outstanding Artist Award for Interdisciplinarity" for the project Smeller 2.0.[7]
In 2016, Georgsdorf presented Smeller 2.0 in the nine-week event Osmodrama Berlin 2016 - Festival für Geruchskunst.[8][9][10] In 2017 Wolfgang Georgsdorf received the Art and Olfaction Award for Osmodrama in the category 'Experimental Work with Scent'.[11]
Structureedit
The Smeller is a kind of musical 'organ' consisting of tubes and chambers. It is equipped with polypropylene pipes and aluminum hoses which deliver precisely dosed scents to a continuously existing air flow; overlays of different fragrances are thus avoided.[12] The Smeller is operated in his current presentation form Smeller 2.0 via computer and/or MIDI keyboard.
Tubes and chambers of the Smeller 2.0
Scent Moviesedit
NO(I)SE 1 (2013; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; scent and sound synchronized with image; 24 min. First native Scent Film vor Smeller 2.0 as experimental movie vor Expanded Cinema)
Edgar Reitz’ „Die andere Heimat“ as Osmodrama (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; scent sequences synchronized to the 2013 Edgar Reitz film)
Omer Fast's „Continuity“ as Osmodrama (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 40 min.; scent sequences synchronized to the 2012 Omer Fast Documenta 13 piece Continuity)
Compositionsedit
„Häuserfugen“ (2012; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 65 min.; Soundscapes and Scentscapes)
„Eine Kindheit“ (2012; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 77 min.; Soundscapes and Scentscapes)
„Miniaturen“ (2012; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 55 min.; Soundscapes and Scentscapes)
„Stille Allee“(2012; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 12 min.; Smell-sequences)
„Fünf stumme Stücke“ (2012; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 21 min.; Smell-sequences)
Autocomplete (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 54 min.; Smell-sequences)
Scenting Phill Niblocks Baobab (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 27 min.; Smell-sequences as „Scent-Drone“ to Phill Nibblocks minimalistic „Baobab“ of 2013;)
Orchestral Whifftracks (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 54 min.; live recorded scent sequences for the W.Georgsdorf conducted live-concert of the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra)
Neon Lizard (2016; Stephen Crowe / Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 8 min.; Collaboration; Music composition of Stephen Crowe for Violine and Electronics; synchron Smell composition of Wolfgang Georgsdorf; Soloist of the premiere: Aisha Orazbayeva)
Find Warm Wind Farm (2016; Stephen Crowe / Wolfgang Georgsdorf; 18 min.; Collaboration; Music composition of Stephen Crowe for Clarinet and French horn; synchronous smell composition of Wolfgang Georgsdorf; Musicians at the premiere: Tom Jackson and Samuel Stoll; smell sequences)
„Osmodrama Versetzter Stein“ (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf / Nikola Madzirov; 30 min.; Live Osmdodrama as olfaktive[check spelling] Prologue und Epilogue of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Scent organ Smeller 2.0; Nikola Madzirovs read several poems of his children's novel „Geel Gras“, read by the author)
„Osmodrama Elefantinas Moskauer Jahre“ (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf / Julia Kissina; 30 min.; Recorded live osmdodrama synchronized by Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the scent organ Smeller 2.0 to read a chapter of Julia Kissina's novel "Elefantinas Moskauer Jahre", read by the author)
„Osmodrama Geel Gras“ (2016; Wolfgang Georgsdorf / Simon van der Geest; 30 min.; Recorded live Osmdodrama scene synchronous by Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the scent organ Smeller 2.0 to read several chapters of Simon van der Geest's children's novel "Geel Gras", read by the author)
„Scentscapes and Soundscapes 1“ (2016; 60 min.; Carl Stone and Wolfgang Georgsdorf; Live concert of Carl Stones Audiocompositions and smell sequences of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Smeller 2.0)
„Scentscapes and Soundscapes 2“ (2016; 45 min.; Sam Auinger and Wolfgang Georgsdorf; Live concert of Sam Auingers Audiocompositionen and smell sequences of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Smeller 2.0)
Neologismsedit
During the emerging practice of Osmodrama, Wolfgang Georgsdorf and his collaborators were obliged to invent terms to describe unprecedented techno-olfactory phenomena:
Osmodrama: Narrative, time-based, olfactive art form
Synosmy: longer compositions of smells; designed, structured sequence of olfactive signals
Smellodies: short sequences or cadences of olfactive signals that make up synosmies
Whiffmouth: the rosette-shaped ‘mouth’ of the flow guide from Smeller
Kinetosmy: a changing and moving smell
Odience: the audience of an Osmodrama performance (in its olfactory dimension)
Klaus Lüber: The Beginning of a New Paradigm – Wolfgang Georgsdorf interviewed by Klaus Lüber, in ZAPACH: Scent – An Invisible Code, Copernicus Science Centre, 2013/14, ISBN978-83-919263-4-5, p. 118–125.
Schmidt, Karlheinz: Der Olfaktorius der Kunst. Karlheinz Schmidt über ein vernachlässigtes Phänomen, in: KUNSTZEITUNG., März 2014, p. 19.
Egger, Andreas: Kunstparcour der Sinne. Sinnesrausch im OÖ Kulturquartier in Linz, in: kunst:art, Juli 2012, p. 3.
Düfte auf Knopfdruck in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 24. Dezember 2014, p. 23 ff.
So riecht die Zukunft in "So klug sind unsere Sinne" (title story, p. 20 – p. 30) in ZEIT WISSEN, 2016/2, (p. 28. – p. 30).
Weihser, Rabea in ZEIT ONLINE: Die Wahnsinnlichkeitsmaschine
Pirich, Caroline in Süddeutsche Zeitung: Das Drama Aroma.
Danicke, Sandra in ART Magazin: Kunst aus dem Off, September 2016, p. 17.
Über das Riechen in: Gottfried Hattinger, OÖ Landesmuseum (Hrsg.): Über die Sinne. Bibliothek der Provinz, 2006, ISBN978-3-85252-731-4, p. 63.
Bartels, Gunda in Der Tagesspiegel on the 16. August 2016: Hauch mal, Hauchmaul
Review on Osmdodrama by Sam Johnstone in: THE CUSP[13]
John Laurenson, Smells -- coming soon to a theater near you?, article in Marketplace[14]
Referencesedit
^Marchsteiner, Uli; Assmann, Peter (1996). "Geruchsorgel". In Oberösterreichische_Landesmuseen (ed.). Werk'Zeuge / Design des Elementaren. Bibliothek der Provinz. pp. 141–143. ISBN978-3-85252-119-0.
^Hattinger, Gottfried (2006). "Über das Riechen". In Oberösterreichische_Landesmuseen (ed.). Über die Sinne. Bibliothek der Provinz. p. 63. ISBN978-3-85252-731-4.
^„Smeller“ In: Wolfgang Georgsdorf: Fächer. Fishnet Verlag, 1997, ISBN3-901677-01-1, S. 50–51.
^"Goethe Institut - an interview with Wolfgang Georgsdorf" (PDF). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^Egger, Andreas: Kunstparcour der Sinne. Sinnesrausch im OÖ Kulturquartier in Linz, in: kunst:art, Juli 2012, S. 3.
^"Crossing Europe 2013: "No(i)se"". 28 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^Bundeskanzleramt Österreich 2014 Rezipientenliste Förderungspreis outstanding artist award
^"Die Wahnsinnlichkeitsmaschine" in ZEIT Online am 24.7.2016
^"Das Drama Aroma" in Süddeutsche Zeitung am 3.9.2016
^"Hauch mal, Hauchmaul" in Der Tagesspiegel am 16.8.2016
^"The Art and Olfaction Award". 2017-05-06. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^"the cusp magazine review". 21 September 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^"marketplace article by John Laurenson". May 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
November 12, 2023
smeller, installation, smeller, since, 2012, smeller, installation, berlin, based, artist, wolfgang, georgsdorf, which, instrument, medium, enables, composing, precise, broadcasting, performance, complex, scent, sequences, these, also, synchronized, with, simu. Smeller since 2012 Smeller 2 0 is an installation by the Berlin based artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf which as an instrument and medium enables the composing and precise broadcasting or performance of complex scent sequences These can also be synchronized with simultaneously reproduced sounds films narrative texts dance or theatre Smeller 2 0Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Scent Movies 4 Compositions 5 Neologisms 6 External links 7 Bibliography 8 ReferencesHistory editThe first mechanically controllable prototype of a scent organ in the sense of a musical instrument was invented by Wolfgang Georgsdorf in 1990 and demonstrated for the first time in the Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum 1 2 3 Georgsdorf thus realized a time based art form he called Osmodrama in order to enable the exploration and performance of olfactory sequences and chords 4 The instrument is used for staging programming recording and playback Smeller 2 0 which can be played or controlled by MIDI was first presented to the public in 2012 in the exhibition Sinnesrausch at the OK Center for Contemporary Art in the OO Kulturquartier in Linz Austria 5 Georgsdorf cooperated with the perfumer Geza Schon for the development of the individual odour components In the same place one year later the native scent film NO I SE 1 premiered during the film festival Crossing Europe 6 In the same year Georgsdorf received the Austrian award Outstanding Artist Award for Interdisciplinarity for the project Smeller 2 0 7 In 2016 Georgsdorf presented Smeller 2 0 in the nine week event Osmodrama Berlin 2016 Festival fur Geruchskunst 8 9 10 In 2017 Wolfgang Georgsdorf received the Art and Olfaction Award for Osmodrama in the category Experimental Work with Scent 11 Structure editThe Smeller is a kind of musical organ consisting of tubes and chambers It is equipped with polypropylene pipes and aluminum hoses which deliver precisely dosed scents to a continuously existing air flow overlays of different fragrances are thus avoided 12 The Smeller is operated in his current presentation form Smeller 2 0 via computer and or MIDI keyboard nbsp Tubes and chambers of the Smeller 2 0Scent Movies editNO I SE 1 2013 Wolfgang Georgsdorf scent and sound synchronized with image 24 min First native Scent Film vor Smeller 2 0 as experimental movie vor Expanded Cinema Edgar Reitz Die andere Heimat as Osmodrama 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf scent sequences synchronized to the 2013 Edgar Reitz film Omer Fast s Continuity as Osmodrama 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 40 min scent sequences synchronized to the 2012 Omer Fast Documenta 13 piece Continuity Compositions edit Hauserfugen 2012 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 65 min Soundscapes and Scentscapes Eine Kindheit 2012 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 77 min Soundscapes and Scentscapes Miniaturen 2012 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 55 min Soundscapes and Scentscapes Stille Allee 2012 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 12 min Smell sequences Funf stumme Stucke 2012 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 21 min Smell sequences Autocomplete 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 54 min Smell sequences Scenting Phill Niblocks Baobab 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 27 min Smell sequences as Scent Drone to Phill Nibblocks minimalistic Baobab of 2013 Orchestral Whifftracks 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf 54 min live recorded scent sequences for the W Georgsdorf conducted live concert of the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra Neon Lizard 2016 Stephen Crowe Wolfgang Georgsdorf 8 min Collaboration Music composition of Stephen Crowe for Violine and Electronics synchron Smell composition of Wolfgang Georgsdorf Soloist of the premiere Aisha Orazbayeva Find Warm Wind Farm 2016 Stephen Crowe Wolfgang Georgsdorf 18 min Collaboration Music composition of Stephen Crowe for Clarinet and French horn synchronous smell composition of Wolfgang Georgsdorf Musicians at the premiere Tom Jackson and Samuel Stoll smell sequences Osmodrama Versetzter Stein 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf Nikola Madzirov 30 min Live Osmdodrama as olfaktive check spelling Prologue und Epilogue of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Scent organ Smeller 2 0 Nikola Madzirovs read several poems of his children s novel Geel Gras read by the author Osmodrama Elefantinas Moskauer Jahre 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf Julia Kissina 30 min Recorded live osmdodrama synchronized by Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the scent organ Smeller 2 0 to read a chapter of Julia Kissina s novel Elefantinas Moskauer Jahre read by the author Osmodrama Geel Gras 2016 Wolfgang Georgsdorf Simon van der Geest 30 min Recorded live Osmdodrama scene synchronous by Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the scent organ Smeller 2 0 to read several chapters of Simon van der Geest s children s novel Geel Gras read by the author Scentscapes and Soundscapes 1 2016 60 min Carl Stone and Wolfgang Georgsdorf Live concert of Carl Stones Audiocompositions and smell sequences of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Smeller 2 0 Scentscapes and Soundscapes 2 2016 45 min Sam Auinger and Wolfgang Georgsdorf Live concert of Sam Auingers Audiocompositionen and smell sequences of Wolfgang Georgsdorf on the Smeller 2 0 Neologisms editDuring the emerging practice of Osmodrama Wolfgang Georgsdorf and his collaborators were obliged to invent terms to describe unprecedented techno olfactory phenomena Osmodrama Narrative time based olfactive art form Synosmy longer compositions of smells designed structured sequence of olfactive signals Smellodies short sequences or cadences of olfactive signals that make up synosmies Whiffmouth the rosette shaped mouth of the flow guide from Smeller Kinetosmy a changing and moving smell Odience the audience of an Osmodrama performance in its olfactory dimension External links edithttp smeller net Bibliography editKlaus Luber The Beginning of a New Paradigm Wolfgang Georgsdorf interviewed by Klaus Luber in ZAPACH Scent An Invisible Code Copernicus Science Centre 2013 14 ISBN 978 83 919263 4 5 p 118 125 Schmidt Karlheinz Der Olfaktorius der Kunst Karlheinz Schmidt uber ein vernachlassigtes Phanomen in KUNSTZEITUNG Marz 2014 p 19 Egger Andreas Kunstparcour der Sinne Sinnesrausch im OO Kulturquartier in Linz in kunst art Juli 2012 p 3 Dufte auf Knopfdruck in Suddeutsche Zeitung vom 24 Dezember 2014 p 23 ff So riecht die Zukunft in So klug sind unsere Sinne title story p 20 p 30 in ZEIT WISSEN 2016 2 p 28 p 30 Weihser Rabea in ZEIT ONLINE Die Wahnsinnlichkeitsmaschine Pirich Caroline in Suddeutsche Zeitung Das Drama Aroma Danicke Sandra in ART Magazin Kunst aus dem Off September 2016 p 17 Uber das Riechen in Gottfried Hattinger OO Landesmuseum Hrsg Uber die Sinne Bibliothek der Provinz 2006 ISBN 978 3 85252 731 4 p 63 Bartels Gunda in Der Tagesspiegel on the 16 August 2016 Hauch mal Hauchmaul Review on Osmdodrama by Sam Johnstone in THE CUSP 13 John Laurenson Smells coming soon to a theater near you article in Marketplace 14 References edit Marchsteiner Uli Assmann Peter 1996 Geruchsorgel In Oberosterreichische Landesmuseen ed Werk Zeuge Design des Elementaren Bibliothek der Provinz pp 141 143 ISBN 978 3 85252 119 0 Hattinger Gottfried 2006 Uber das Riechen In Oberosterreichische Landesmuseen ed Uber die Sinne Bibliothek der Provinz p 63 ISBN 978 3 85252 731 4 Smeller In Wolfgang Georgsdorf Facher Fishnet Verlag 1997 ISBN 3 901677 01 1 S 50 51 Goethe Institut an interview with Wolfgang Georgsdorf PDF Retrieved 19 February 2019 Egger Andreas Kunstparcour der Sinne Sinnesrausch im OO Kulturquartier in Linz in kunst art Juli 2012 S 3 Crossing Europe 2013 No i se 28 April 2013 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Bundeskanzleramt Osterreich 2014 Rezipientenliste Forderungspreis outstanding artist award Die Wahnsinnlichkeitsmaschine in ZEIT Online am 24 7 2016 Das Drama Aroma in Suddeutsche Zeitung am 3 9 2016 Hauch mal Hauchmaul in Der Tagesspiegel am 16 8 2016 The Art and Olfaction Award 2017 05 06 Retrieved 15 February 2019 German patent application DE102013010912A1 the cusp magazine review 21 September 2016 Retrieved 15 March 2019 marketplace article by John Laurenson May 2013 Retrieved 15 March 2019 Retrieved from 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