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ScentOpera Green Aria
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From 2 to 15 October, different sessions
Download more information [format PDF - 319.22 Kb]A new dramatic art form based on the senses of smell and sound, the ScentOpera will be presented, together with a comprehensive program of scent-related activities.
After its recent success at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will premiere in Europe a ScentOpera entitled Green Aria. To mark this new art form, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has organized from October 1 to 15 a comprehensive program of activities including lectures, film screenings, and panel discussions where scents are the main protagonists.The ScentOpera introduces a new art form created by Stewart Matthew based principally on smell and sound, in which he collaborated with renowned fragrance designer Christope Laudamiel and composers Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson.
In this experimental work twenty-three original scents—such as Earth, Shiny Steel or Green Metal—take on new roles of unique characters paired with compositions of music and sound design to weave a sensory spell in a darkened theater over a period of half an hour.New technology has been developed for the ScentOpera: theater seats will be equipped with ‘scent microphones’ calibrated to deliver precisely-timed scents to the viewer.
Tickets and price
The price of the ScentOpera will be €10 for the general public and €8.5 for Museum Members. Tickets can be purchased at the admission window and at the Museum website.
The ScentOpera is produced by Aeosphere LLC and supported by Fläkt Woods, Thierry Mugler Parfums, Firmenich, and Arcade Marketing Inc.
SCENT OPERA SESSIONSOctober 2-15: ScentOpera
- Friday 2: 6 and 8 pm
- Saturday 3: 12:30, 4, 6 and 8 pm
- Sunday 4: 12:30, 4, 6 and 8 pm
- Tuesday 6: 6 pm
- Wednesday 7: 6 and 8 pm
- Friday 9: 6 and 8 pm
- Saturday 10: 12:30, 4, 6 and 8 pm
- Sunday 11: 12:30, 4, 6 and 8 pm
- Monday 12: 12:30, 6 and 8 pm
- Wednesday 14: 6 and 8 pm
- Thursday 15: 8 pm
No entrance allowed after the beginning of the session.
Prices: €10 General public / €8.5 Museum Members
ADDITIONAL SCENT ACTIVITIES:- October 1: Round Table . 7 pm
Christophe Laudamiel, perfumer: Perfume and Art.
Stewart Matthew: writer and director: How to Artistically Write for and Direct the Human Body.
Activity will be in English. Simultaneous interpretation to Spanish will be available.
Free admission - October 5: Film projection. 7 pm
Screening of the film Perfume: the story of a murderer, based on original novel by Patrick Süskind. Presented byJavier Rioyo, journalist, writer, and film director.
Prices: €3 General public / €1.5 Museum Members - October 8: Conference. 7 pm
Dr. Jay A. Gottfried, Assistant Professor of Neurology & Psychology at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA: The Smell Brain: The Ingenious Don Quijote of the Senses.
Activity will be in English. Simultaneous interpretation to Spanish will be available.
Free admission - October 13: Creative Process. 7 pm
Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson, composers: The Creation of Music for the ScentOpera.
Activity will be in English. Simultaneous interpretation to Spanish will be available.
Prices: €6 General public / €4 Museum Members
For further information call +34 944 35 90 80.Share this activity
Reservation required
To book a space for this activity:
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- By phone: Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 14:00.
