Olfactory Workshop – Guided Smellwalking with Illia Meier and Anna Oleszkiewicz
Guided by our sense of smell, let’s explore the area around the Lesław Węgrzynowski Park together, which will inspire us to create a scent for the area.
Scent affects our bodies within 0.5 seconds – that’s how long it takes from the inhalation until the first emotional associations. If our grandmother wears perfume with a strong rose note, the aroma will constantly remind us of her. Scent associations stay with us for life.
During our guided smellwalk, which luckily coincides with the Long Night of Museums, we will stroll at a leisurely pace through the area surrounding the Lesław Węgrzynowski Park, adjacent to the future seat of BWA Wrocław. Through our olfactory sense, we will connect with the historical past of that place. At the end of the walk, everyone will be given a chance to create a perfume bottle with the scent of the area, which we will have strolled through together with Illia Meier and Anna Oleszkiewicz.
A map for individual smellwalks will also be available at a later date. Simply contact us at: i.kaluza@bwa.wroc.pl.
Practical information:
- wear comfortable clothes
- you may bring your dog with you
- to take part in the event, please register via the online form (registration is also possible at the seat of BWA Wrocław Galleries during opening hours)
- if you require translation into the Polish sign language, send us an email on or before 11 May to: dostepnosc@bwa.wroc.pl
- we cordially invite all the people interested in the study of smells, psychology and nature as well as those who simply would like to have a good time with us among the trees during the Long Night of Museums
Anna Oleszkiewicz
– researcher affiliated with the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wrocław. Her research focuses on cognitive psychology, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology. She currently studies the importance of the senses of sight, hearing, and smell in social cognition processes.
Illia Meier
– transmedia artist, co-creator of the Poland-wide series of perfume creation workshops run as part of the DIY Laboratory initiative.
Co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.
