The Artscent Project came together with an exhibition which opened on the 6th of June 2014 just before the Mercury retrograde began.  The artists who exhibited in this exhibition were Jane O'Neil, Lucille O'Neil, Prue Cumes, Imogen Bold and VOOS. The project involved artists being sent out a scent at the time of a cosmological event.  The event of a Meteor shower felt like the right kind of event for this particular project. As an alchemist would work I decided to send the 6 different scents out at the same time as the most astronomically significant Meteor showers.  I liked that the Meteor showers were spaced out enough to give each scent it's own space and it had a flow with the project. I gave the artists a scent which was delivered to them by mail in various forms and they could use this scent however they wanted. The idea was to use the scent as a trigger for creative impulse and create art from that scent.  
The opening involved people sniffing the scents off sanitary pads that were stuck to the walls. I like to replicate the process and concept of the work in an exhibition context so the audience can experience the work first hand and also become part of the work.  The sound piece that VOOS did, Artscent1, is currently charting at #1 in Australia in the Reverbnation charts in the experimental genre and has been trending since it's release.  The Artscent Project Exhibition continues until the 10th of July.


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