»Osmoboxes« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Eduardo Kac, "Osmoboxes", (2014). Wood, electronics, artist-created scent, 21” x 14.17” x 5.11” (53.5cm x 36cm x 13cm) each.
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Information
Eduardo Kac >
»Osmoboxes«, 2014
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See Also: AromapoetryManifesto on Olfactory Art:
https://www.ekac.org/osmobox.html
Technology
Material
Wood, electronics, artist-created scentMethod
"An Osmobox is a work of olfactory art that responds to the presence of the viewer by opening itself and gently releasing an aroma. All Osmoboxes are visually identical but completely distinct in their olfactory identity. This means that the viewer is unable to differentiate them through vision alone and is, therefore, stimulated to explore each artwork primarily through the sense of smell. For this reason, in the context of the Osmobox series, “smeller” shall replace the word 'viewer'." (Kac, 2014)
Descriptions & Essays
Eduardo Kac 17-03-2022
"An Osmobox is a work of olfactory art that responds to the presence of the viewer by opening itself and gently releasing an aroma. All Osmoboxes are visually identical but completely distinct in their olfactory identity. This means that the viewer is unable to differentiate them through vision alone and is, therefore, stimulated to explore each artwork primarily through the sense of smell. For this reason, in the context of the Osmobox series, “smeller” shall replace the word 'viewer'." (Kac, 2014)
Eduardo Kac: Osmoboxes, 17-03-2022, in: Archive of Digital Art "An Osmobox is a work of olfactory art that responds to the presence of the viewer by opening itself and gently releasing an aroma. All Osmoboxes are visually identical but completely distinct in their olfactory identity. This means that the viewer is unable to differentiate them through vision alone and is, therefore, stimulated to explore each artwork primarily through the sense of smell. For this reason, in the context of the Osmobox series, “smeller” shall replace the word 'viewer'." (Kac, 2014)
Literature
Kac, Eduardo. »Olfactory Art: Osmoboxes.« https://www.ekac.org/osmobox.html.
Kac, Eduardo. Aromapoetry. Paris: Kac Studio: Artist Book, 2011.
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