Image: Nasjonalmuseet / Annar Bjørgli
Join us for an evening with artist Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel, exploring the world of scent, memory, and landscape. Simon will introduce how olfaction shapes his artistic practice and guide us through small exercises and “how-to’s” for developing a heightened sense of smell.
What you need for the event:
Bring along a perfume, something smelly, or even a scent-related memory to share. Together we’ll smell, discuss, decipher, and explore around the table.
When: Wednesday 17 September, 18:00 - 20:00
Who can join: This event is open to all, we have 12 places available.
To book: Contact workshops@articasvalbard.no
About
Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel works with performance, scent, moving image, sound, and installation. His practice engages natural materials and their cultural significance, reconstructing narratives around labour, care, and embodied knowledge. By combining playfulness with critical reflection, he outlines strategies for resistance and re-skilling that challenge normative structures.
During his residency in Svalbard, Wenzel is expanding his ongoing research into the connections between scent, landscape, and memory. He is mapping local botany and geology, investigating environments impacted by human activity and climate change, and collaborating with both researchers and residents to weave new sensorial narratives of place.