This series is not yet scheduled.

Scheduling will be announced on instagram @cracherdanslasoupe

Sillarium (n.) — From sillage (Fr., “wake, slipstream,” especially the scented trail left in the air by perfume) + -arium (Lat. from Gr. -arios, “a place or receptacle”). 

Sillarium is a malleable series devoted to the many ways scent occurs within artistic practice. Seminars may trace early historical instances of fragrance in ritual and artwork, examine individual artists’ approaches, or follow the recurring themes and questions that olfactory works tend to raise. Practical considerations also come to the fore—how scent is presented in galleries, museums, and collections, and how works are written about, theorized, and critiqued.

Future topics may turn toward related questions of translation across the senses, the politics of ephemerality or complications of reception. Each seminar will be publicized and introduced on an ongoing basis, reflecting real time shifts in focus.