Peter de Cupere

Peter de Cupere (born 1970 in Leuven, Belgium) is an olfactory artist who lives and works in Antwerp[1] with fragrances. De Cupere creates work intended to explore our experiences of smelling.[2]

Peter de Cupere
Born
Leuven, Belgium
OccupationOlfactory artist

As part of his olfactory art practice, De Cupere explores technology. He invented the "Olfactio" in collaboration with Cartamundi. In collaboration with Gluon, Callebaut and chocolatier Patrick Mertens, he invented "Cocoa 5 Senses". Starting in 1997 and going on until 2004 he invented the first working scent piano, called Olfactiano.[3] In 2012 he invented The Blind Smell Stick and The Blind Smell Touch.[4] These smell devices let the spectators find their way or experience objects and food just by smelling. It was exhibited for the first time in the World Creativity Biennale in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.[5]

Curation

As a curator, in 2015 he initiated the exhibition ″The Smell of War″, which included other prominent olfactory artists such as Maki Ueda, Clara Ursitti, Christophe Laudamiel, Oswaldo Macia, Lisa Kirk and more.[6]

Interested in mobile installations, he also created ″The Olfactory″ in 2014, a travelling container project that presented 33 one day olfactory art exhibitions in 7 weeks[7]

Teaching and Education

Peter de Cupere is as tutor affiliated to the ″PXL-MAD School of Arts″ in Hasselt, Belgium[8] and a researcher.[9] He has done a PhD research and received his doctor title at the PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, BE [10] in collaboration with the University of Hasselt, BE [11] and the Free University of Brussels, BE.[12] He has two master's degrees [13] and a Laureate degree in Fine Arts.[14] As a tutor he is the joint founder of the Open Lab [15] where he teaches the use of the approximative senses, smell, taste and touch in the Senses Lab.

In 2014 Peter de Cupere wrote The Olfactory Art Manifest.[16] On August 11, 2014, 101 years after the manifest of Carlo Carra “La Pittura dei suoni, rumori, odori: Manifesto futurista” (The Painting of Sounds, Noises, Smells: Futurist Manifesto),[17] Peter de Cupere signed his Olfactory Art manifest with his own smell. After two years of intensively collecting his bodily smells, he got only a small bottle ‘Own Smell’ at his disposal. With this smell extract he signed the manifest. The manifest has been shown in several exhibitions; Belle Haleine, The scent of Art in the Tinguely Museum [18] in Basel, CH, as in the exhibition There's Something in the Air! at Villa Rot, Burgrieden, DE [19]

Publications
  • Scent in Context, Olfactory Art, 2016, published by Stockmans Publishers. 7 authors, which include two of the Scent Art Net [20] Ashraf Osman [21] and Caro Verbeek.[22]
  • The Smell of War[23][24]

Articles
  • Art for the Knowing Nose, NY Times,2015[25]
  • Peter De Cupere's 'Blind Smell Stick' Helps You Find Your Way Using Your Nostrils, Huffington Post, 2012[26]
  • Peter De Cupere's Olfactory Art Generates Unique Multi-Sensory Experience, Huffington Post, 2012[27]
  • ‘Olfacio’ Smell App Is A Dream Come True For Olfactory Artist Peter De Cupere, Huffington Post, 2013[28]
  • Peter De Cupere: Olfactory Art[29]
  • Peter De Cupere, annusando Palermo. Passeggiata olfattiva in città, Artribune, 2015[30]
  • Peter de Cupere: el artista que crea con olores, El Dominical[31]
  • Three Belgian scent specialists discuss cities’ olfactory perceptions, The Word Magazine[32]
  • Peter de Cupere: Scent in Context: Olfactory Art, Critique d'Art[33]
  • Peter de Cupere's “Smoke Flowers” in Venice, Scent Art Net, by Ashraf Osman, 2016[34]
  • Solo exhibition by Peter De Cupere at Concordia in Enschede (NL), Art Flanders[35]
  • Peter De Cupere, Deflowering, Artribune[36]

Education and Residency Programs
  • 2005-2006 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
  • 2000 Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
  • 1996-1999 Hisk - Higher Institute For Fine Arts, Flanders – Antwerp, Belgium[37]
  • 1994-1996 Fine arts Higher Institute Sint Lucas, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1989-1993 Phiko Fine Arts, Hasselt, Belgium

Official Website
www.peterdecupere.net
Project Websites
Scent in Context - Olfactory Art
The Olfactory
Blind Smell Stick
Olfacio
The Smell of War
Olfactory Art Manifest
NY Smells Like
Is This Mankind
The Olfactiano, the first scent piano

References
  1. “Scent Art Net, Peter de Cupere (Antwerp, Belgium)“
  2. https://pxl-mad.be/portfolio/docent/de-cupere-peter ″Research into the use of smell as a visual medium in the artistic design process of art works with scent″
  3. First official website of the Olfactiano ″www.scentconcerts.com″, see also ″The Aesthetics of Smelly Art″,
  4. ″Blind Smell Stick″
  5. ″Huffington Post: Peter De Cupere’s ‘Blind Smell Stick’ Helps You Find Your Way Using Your Nostrils″
  6. http://www.thesmellofwar.be/index.php/artists
  7. http://www.theolfactory.org
  8. http://www.pxl-mad.be/portfolio/docent/de-cupere-peter
  9. Peter de Cupere is member of the research group Manufracture ″Manufracture″ at the PXL-MAD School of Arts
  10. ″Manufracture research group of the PXL-MAD″
  11. ″University of Hasselt
  12. ″Free University of Brussels″
  13. de Cupere studied Publicity Graphic Design at Phiko Hasselt, BE that now is known as ″PXL-MAD School of Arts″ and he studied Print Making in Sint Lucas, Brussels, BE that now is known as ″Luca School of Arts″
  14. ″HISK Laureates in the Fine Arts of 1999″
  15. ″Open Lab″
  16. ″Olfactory Art Manifest by Peter de Cupere″
  17. ″Carlo Carrá, "The Painting of Sounds, Noises, and Smells" (1913) in MOMA″″The Painting of Sounds, Noises, and Odors. Futurist Manifesto″
  18. ″Tinguely Museum Basel″
  19. ″There’s Somethin in the Air! – Scent in Art″ curated by Caro Verbeek and ″The Fragrant Breath of a European Spring by Ashraf Osman″
  20. "People". 6 February 2017.
  21. "ASHRAF OSMAN". ASHRAF OSMAN.
  22. http://www.caroverbeek.com
  23. "Peter de Cupere I Smell of War - Stockmans". Stockmans. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  24. "The Smell of War, art course". Flanders Fields. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  25. Quenqua, Douglas (2015-04-06). "Art for the Knowing Nose". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  26. "Peter De Cupere's 'Blind Smell Stick' Helps You Find Your Way Using Your Nostrils (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  27. Frank, Priscilla (2012-05-17). "Peter De Cupere's Olfactory Art Generates Unique Multi-Sensory Experience (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  28. Frank, Priscilla (2013-02-20). "'Olfacio' Smell App Is A Dream Come True For Olfactory Artist Peter De Cupere (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  29. collabcubed (2012-05-11). "Peter De Cupere: Olfactory Art". CollabCubed. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  30. Marsala, Helga (2015-08-02). "Peter De Cupere, annusando Palermo. Passeggiata olfattiva in città | Artribune". Artribune (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  31. Simons, George (2016-08-25). "Peter de Cupere: el artista que crea con olores [ENTREVISTA]". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  32. "Three Belgian scent specialists discuss cities' olfactory perceptions - The Word Magazine". thewordmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  33. Castel, Mathilde (2018-05-09). "Peter de Cupere: Scent in Context: Olfactory Art". Critique d'art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l'art contemporain (in French). ISSN 1246-8258.
  34. O, Ashraf (2017-05-10). "Peter de Cupere's "Smoke Flowers" in Venice". scent art. net. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  35. "Solo exhibition by Peter De Cupere at Concordia in Enschede (NL) | Arts Flanders". www.artsflanders.be. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  36. Marsala, Helga. "Peter De Cupere, Deflowering | Artribune". www.artribune.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  37. "HISK Institute of Fine Arts". www.hisk.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
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