Saturday, 17 June 2023
14:00 - 17:00
SMELL workshop. Conjuring Stench
Lyndsey Walsh (artist, researcher, Berlin), Alanna Lynch (artist, researcher, Berlin)

For our SMELL workshop, titled Conjuring Stench, we are inspired by Canidia, Rome's first witch, of whom Horace writes about in his poetry. She was a vilified figure who used magic through bad smells. We will look more in depth at how femininity and bad smells can be linked to witchcraft. In this workshop participants will explore, extract and distill stinky smells. We will look at what makes things stinky, why we perceive them as smelling bad, and look at the social and cultural aspects surrounding this. The workshop will also address different technical processes of odor extraction to create stinky odor compounds that can be used to be made into stink perfumes and blends. Please bring something stinky (a substance or object) to work with; we will also provide some materials.