Famous Deaths recreates the final moments in the lives of famous people through sound and scents. Visitors experience the events leading up to the deaths of J.F.Kennedy, Whitney Houston, Lady Di, Moammar al-Qadhafi, and Vincent van Gogh in first person perspective.The installation consists of four mortuary freezers. Each accommodates one of the above stories. During the experience visitors are positioned into one of the freezers. In complete isolation they are immersed in one of the 4-minute documentary soundscapes and its complementary sequence of fragrances. Famous Deaths won the 2015 Art & Olfaction Award for experimental scent and was selected for the MIT Canon Moments of Innovation and the IDFA Doclab Interactive Documentary Canon More information and updates on: www.famousdeaths.nl Famous deaths was part of the Research project Sense of Smell
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Famous Deaths was designed by Polymorf for Communication and Multimedia Design (CMD) Breda at the AVANS University of Applied science, the Netherlands, as part of the SENSE OF SMELL research prodject. Marcel van Brakel, Frederik Duerinck, Mark Meeuwenoord, Wander Eikelboom, Thijs Eerens, Simon Kentgens, Paul van 't Hullenaar, Martijn de Ruiter, . Studenten: Iris de Brouwer, Thomas Neelemans, Kirsten Pollè Daan Rijnkels, Marcel Boonman. Also massive thanks to: IFF, Bernardo Juan Fleming. Illustration: Paul van 't Hullenaar. Website: Edwin Kuipers.
SHOWS
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2019 Future Cities, Eindhoven (NL).Nacht van de Ontdekking, Leiden (NL).
2018 US By Night, Antwerpen (BE) Betweter Festival, Utrecht (NL)
2017 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL)
Exhibition, workshop and presentation at ACM ISS 2017. Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, Brighton (UK)
The Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, (HK).
Exhibition & Masterclass at STRP Biënnale 2017, STRIJP-S, Eindhoven, (NL).
2016 The Future of Storytelling Festival (FOST), New York, (US).
The Future of Storytelling Summit (FOST), New York, (US).
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, (NL).
Phi Centre, Montréal, (CA).
Up the Game conference, Amsterdam, (NL).
Tribeca Film festival, New York, (US).
Presentation at Austin Interactive Installation Meetup, Austin, Texas (US).
Presentation and workshop at South by Southwest Conference and Festival (SXSW), Austin, Texas (US).
Presentation and panel-session at South by Southwest Conference and Festival (SXSW), Austin, Texas (US).
Exhibition and presentation at Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (Fipa), Bellevue, Biarritz (FR).
Presentation at Interactive Storytelling Meetup #1, Lava Lab, Amsterdam (NL)
2015 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (idfa), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
Playgrounds Festival, Chassé Theather, Breda (NL).
Presentation & Workshop OTIS College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
Presentation at Biotalk 12: Sweat, odor and soap, Mediamatic, Amsterdam (NL).
Es liegt was in der Luft - Duft in der Kunst exhibition at Villa Rot Museum, Burgrieden-Rot (DE).
Presentation at Pecha Kucha Vol. 17, Utrecht (NL).
Exhibition and presentation at Design by Fire Café, Brandpunt, Breda (NL).
2014 Sense of Smell Conference, MOTI, Breda (NL).
Presentation at Crea-Zone, Budafabriek, Kortrijk (BE).
Presentation at Cross Media Café. Amsterdam E-Week, Club Panama, Amsterdam (NL).
Presentation at Pecha Kucha Vol. 11, Breda (NL).
Vivid Closing Conference, Podium Bloos, Breda (NL).
Exhibition and presentation at the Tech Open Air 2014 Unconference, Berlin (DE).
Exhibition and presentation at Coded Matters #7 Extended Senses, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL).
Void( ) exhibition at the Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge (UK).
