Smellwalk: Tour + Talk – 9/24

Kate McLean Smell Map

Walking Tour & Talk with Dr. Victoria Henshaw

Monday, September 24th: 6:00/7:00pm
Studio-X NYC, 180 Varick St., Suite 1610
Please join us at 6:00PM, Monday September 24th for a guided smellwalk led by Dr. Victoria Henshaw , a researcher in architecture and urbanism at the University of Manchester, England. Her work on smell and the city examines the role of smell in urban experience, perception and design. As we smell our way through lower Manhattan, Henshaw will discuss characteristic urban smells, how smell relates to place perception, and what issues architects and urban designers need to consider when thinking about smell in their work.
At 7:00PM, we will return to Studio-X NYC for a talk and conversation with Dr. Henshaw about her research as well as New York’s generally intense relationship to smell for a city originally designed to maximize the flow of air. From the foul and fetid odors detected by The Smelling Committee of 1891 and the summertime smell of hot trash, through to mysterious maple breezes and canned city air, the city has high and low notes and plenty of accords. You can even wear the smell of New York City if you want to! Does the big apple smell fragrant to you or is it rotten to the core?
The walking tour is limited to 25 participants: RSVP to studioxnyc@columbia.edu to secure your spot.
This event is co-presented by Studio-X NYC and its pop-up project, Venue, a partnership with the Nevada Museum of Art’s Center for Art + Environment, which is traveling around North America through September 30, 2013.

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