The Candy Perfume Boy August 5, 2011 Fragrance Event

A Special Fragrant Event – Instability-in-Stability (The Loft Project)

In a dark dark loft there was a dark dark box and in the dark dark box there is a world of memories and secrets waiting for you to unravel…

My good friend and Performance Artist & Digital Archivist, Cara Davies is currently running a practice-led research project exploring how strategies for archive construction can be activated as a live artwork and digitally mediated performance.

Five days a week for 12 weeks Cara will be dedicating her time to building an archive of her stored belongings. She will identify, organise and catalogue her life.

Next Friday, The Candy Perfume Boy and the Instability-In-Stability project will be teaming up to discuss scent/olfactory memory and the smells and fragrances of their teenage years.

I hope that you can join us between 19:00 and 20:00 GMT on Friday 12 August 2011 for this event, which will be broadcast live on LiveStream. If you have any suggestions or thoughts about our discussion please don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments box below.

You can catch Cara in the loft all of this week live on LiveStream.

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Carrie Meredith on August 5, 2011 at 9:09 pm
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How cool this is! I will be looking out for a link to watch on LiveStream.
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  The Candy Perfume Boy on August 6, 2011 at 9:34 am
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  I’m hoping that you’ll be able to join us Carrie, I’ve added the LiveStream link to the post (http://www.livestream.com/theloftproject) and you can always catch Cara live in the loft at any point this week.
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MemoryOfScent on August 6, 2011 at 5:06 pm
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This has to be great! I hope I am back from my holidays by then.

One has to be a little careful when it comes to olfactory memories. Usually an event or an object creates a memory with a very specific “wiring”. Olfactory stimulations are very tightly woven with fillings. I have experienced a fragrance creating a sort of synaesthesia that seemed like a false memory. Not only I “saw” a scene which definitely was not a memory, but I was also in that scene. Sort of like a tableau vivant where I was actually taking part in the creation of it. The scent was Gris Clair… (the ellipsis is part of the name)
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  The Candy Perfume Boy on August 6, 2011 at 5:35 pm
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  Your episode of Synesthesia sounds fascinating, it shows the true power of smells and perfume.
  
  I hope you will be able to join us!
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JoanElaine on August 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm
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This project is fascinating to me on so many levels! Besides my love for performance and interactive art, I also have an interest in cataloguing and archiving (I’ve been working in libraries for years). With personal recollections and perfume on the agenda, this is a must-see!
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  The Candy Perfume Boy on August 7, 2011 at 6:11 pm
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  I’m glad the project strikes a chord with you! There is a chat function on the site and it will be great to have your interaction during the event 😀
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