16th July -4th September, 2022

Curator: Megumi Hatai

Collaborator: (new)service: Tomoo Nishidate, Rondade

Construction: Office Toyofuku

https://www.ccma-net.jp/exhibitions/special/22-7-16-9-4/

Concept

[Nasal cavity of memories] 

View the artworks (installations), stimulate your senses, and enjoy the world of your imagination. Go on an imaginary journey to trace the memories you have experienced in your life so far. If you were to appreciate five historical Japanese tapestries by smell, what smells would evoke your memories?

[Asleep in a paper wrapping]

It means while a time of waiting and sleep, until someone gets their hands on the exhibition documentation.

What does the catalog continue to dream about in the packaging? Wrapped in kraft paper and carrying their own scent, are they waiting for the time when they will be exposed to the open air, or do they want to continue sleeping still in their cozy warehouse? Every year, a new exhibition is held and a new catalogue is added.

What kind of colors will the catalog, with its memory of time that never fades away, make its presence felt in the exhibition space this summer? Let imagine and feel the smell of "hidden time".

Collaboration with Hiromi Yoshiike and Hisako Inoue exhibition-

Art and Syrup gallery in Yokohama

8th August - 7 October in 2021

HP: https://artandsyrup.com/exhibition25_lifeissmellandchai/

photo: Art and Syrup

From July to December in 2020

The Library of Smell : Document Exhibition at Nara Prefectural Library and Information center

Exhibition schedule: October 22 - November 28,2019

Hours:09:00-20:00

Concept: Mika Shirasu and I did our workshop at the Library on 8th September in 2019. 15 participants selected books of very interesting smells in the library. And they analyzed smells as function evaluations and made own story of memory from books.

And Mika who is an olfactory researcher analyzed the most interesting smell of two books by The GCMS (Gas chromatograph mass Spectrometer) after our workshop.

So now, it began the interactive art exhibition from 22 October, even visitors can take all books by your hands, smelling, looking back on some memories from smell of book, thinking about own memories, and if some people enjoy the exhibition together, please talk each other how did you feel and talk about your memories of smell.

And I thought of " the Library is treasure place of smell world". If you are interested in more smell of books, please read any books by your sense of smell. It brings to open your new senses.

奈良県立図書情報館で「匂いの図書館ワークショップのドキュメント、体験展示」が10月22日から始まりました。

15名の参加者が図書館の本を匂いだけで選び、官能評価と匂いにまつわる記憶のストーリーを作成しました。これらの本とキャプションを展示し、図書館の来場者は、全ての本を手に取り、匂いを嗅いで楽しんで頂けます。もし、複数の人と一緒に展示を体験するならば、ぜひ、お互い感じた匂いの記憶を話し合って楽しんでいただけると幸いです。

              photo model: Maho Suetsugu and Brigitte Seidel ( Maho posed same action of the photo at the gallery:))

https://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/49702

Hisako Inoue collaboration with Mika Shirasu and Takuro Shibayama

From October 7 in 2017 to January 14 in 2018