This programme ran from 2008-2010 at the Pervasive Media Studio. For more projects like these please visit the Studio website.

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Moksha is a creative collective that produces content, experiences and events.

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Darius Pocha

Hazel Grian

Sculpting with Scent

by Moksha

How would you create a sculpture that is experienced through your sense of smell? What would the nature of that experience be?

Moksha produced an environment where the unique characteristics of scent perception were used to communicate emotions and ideas. They explored what combination of techniques and technologies allowed the organisation of smell stimuli into meaningful content and how this could be deployed to deliver scent-based experiences in public spaces such as retail, entertainment venues, museums, cinemas and galleries.

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Journal Entries

Journal Entries

And the winner is…

Fri 26 Nov, 2010

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Dumb Materials

Fri 12 Nov, 2010

Warning: this post may not be interesting unless you’re really interested in moldable, low odourant materials that are inert at a wide range around room temperature. However, if this sort of thing floats your boat then it’s going to be a pretty racy read. So. For the benefit of prototyping tactile scent objects I’ve been on the hunt for materials that are easy to work with, cheap and readily available – sort of the opposite of smart materials. Dumb materials if you like. The specific properties I need are these:

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Shapes and Touch

Thu 4 Nov, 2010

The ability to touch and feel (as well as smell) the scent seems like an interesting avenue so I'm sketching a lot of shapes. It feels like you should be able to have this experience with your eyes shut (although you actually smell more efficiently with your eyes open: true fact). If another sense is going to be used to augment the scent experience touch seems the best as it lacks the ubiquity of visual/audio stimulus and could add a physicality to the experience.

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Scent Delivery 2: Creative

Tue 2 Nov, 2010

Perfumers are like architects in a way. They conceive of their fragrances as operating in two distinct dimensions: time and space. Time applies to the longevity of the scent or how complex accords evolve. Space applies to the sillage or spread of the scent.

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Scent Delivery 1: Mechanics

Mon 1 Nov, 2010

Localised smell distribution or ‘scent delivery’ is the tough technical nut to crack on this project. There are two aspects to this: > Mechanical: dispersing scent - at the right concentration - into a localized area quickly/reliably and in a cost-effective way. > Creative: dispersing it in a way that allows us to create meaning rather than just, well, smell.

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