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scents of kitchen
(Bern 9.9.2012 / Frauenfeld 17.11.2003)

https://www.maxbottini.ch
Bottini, Max Harder, Räto (Saxophon)
Ueli Bütikhofer > © Max Bottini (Camera)
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Staging Show Food Art voc_Ernährung voc_Genuss Food Fire Prepared performance object Machine voc_Setting/Installation

Max Bottini (kitchen) interacting with saxophonist Räto Harder. The performance "scents of kitchen" was an experiment in linking olfactory and auditory perception. It plays with the fact that olfactory experiences linked to images are stored in the human brain and can be recalled when appropriately stimulated. The attempt to musically interpret the scents produced during the act of cooking lends the performance a synaesthetic dimension. The performance is based on a written "scent-music score", which is to be understood as a scenically structuring basic framework. It leaves enough space for the improvisational interplay between the chef and the saxophonist. The performative act of cooking focuses on the "by-products" of cooking - the smells. These are created with the help of numerous foods and ingredients at 16 cooking stations, with each combination or scent being given its own weight. Eight fans deliver "the kitchen smells" to the audience in a targeted and timed manner.
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Bitte beachten > 2 Performances von «scents of kitchen» anlässlich European Sensorik Meeting 2012 European Sensorik Meeting, Bern > 9.9.2012 Shed Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld > 17.11.2003 anlässlich der Werkschau TG 2013 Es existiert ein Video von Ueli Bütikhofer von der ganzen Aktion (Dauer 31:00) vom Berner Anlass. Das beigelegte Kurz-Video sollte aber genügen um die Stimmung wiederzugeben.
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Aufführungen der Aktion (Daten, Orte, Veranstalter): 9.9.2012, Bern (Expo), Eurosense Internationales Sensorik Meeting 15.11.2013, Frauenfeld (Shed Eisenwerk), Thurgauische Kulturstiftung (im Rahmen der Werkschau TG 2013)
European Sensorik Meeting (Bern) / Thurgauische Kulturstiftung (Frauenfeld)

place: Expo-Halle, Bern und Shed Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action

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Video 16:9
Dauer: Video 02:18 / Performance ça. 30:00