Devon Baur: Perfume for Avatars
Channel: The Institute for Art and Olfaction
Date: 06/08/2020

How can smell influence our impression of the strangers we meet in virtual spaces? In the current socially distanced and digitally mediated world, this question might be more important than ever. Perfume for Avatars is a multidisciplinary art and research project that explores how smell can shape first impressions in multisensory VR storytelling.

Devon’s career has been dedicated to the interplay of art and technology. She is currently working on a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA, studying immersive technologies in live performance. She also continues to work as an artist and researcher at Stanford’s Electrical Engineering department, where she explores multisensory storytelling in virtual spaces. Prior to this, she worked in the VR/AR industry for over half a decade as both a curator and producer. Most notably, she produced the award-winning Tree VR, which toured to over 90 festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and twice to the World Economic Forum in Davos.


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A friendly, relaxed and conversational meeting of olfactory artists, the Experimental Scent Summit is an annual opportunity for participants to share their work while openly discussing the challenges of working with scent. All this and more in an unrestrained, non-competitive, supportive environment. ESS is a program presented by The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Smell Lab.