Exhibition Films & Installation
Perfume, Somerset House
A collection of visceral short films for Perfume – a multi-sensory exhibition featuring ten pioneering perfumers changing the way perfume is understood and perceived.
The shorts celebrate the purity of raw materials and capture the artistry and unique inspirations behind each signature scent. A hyperreal cinematic aesthetic presents the visual flavours and essence of each radical scent in a unified style.
Geza Schoen
Molecule One. Mesmerising molecules dance across an empty canvas
Mark Buxton
Comme Des Garçons 2. Submerge inside a pool of thick black ink and metallic oil
Antoine Lie
Sécrétions Magnifiques. A bubbling climax of excitable matter
Olivia Giacobetti
En Passant. Fresh explosions of floral colour bleeds together
Daniela Andrier
Purple Rain, Prada. An enthralling assembly of blooming purple droplets
Davis S. Moltz
El Cosmico. Created for a trailer and teepee campsite in Marfa, in the remote high desert of West Texas.
Andy Tauer
L’Air du Désert Marocain. A glowing and spirited sequence of light and heat
Lyn Harris
Charcoal. Panning across a hot, barren charcoal landscape.
Bertrand Duchaufour
Incense: Avignon
Killian Wells
Dark Ride
Broadcasting a new vocabulary for Perfume, 24/7
International Magic additionally created a pop-up, live stream installation, allowing online visitors a window into the exhibition; the stream was broadcast 24/7 for 3 months via perfume.digital and well received on Facebook live.
As an art piece in itself, it captures the infectious mood of each scent through the creative use of lighting, textures, materials and sound. Each week showed different raw, sensory environments which submerge the online viewer in the essence of each perfume.
Liberty London displayed large scale posters in their storefront to raise awareness of the exhibition.
Exhibition Foreward by Brian Eno