7th EXPERIMENTAL SCENT SUMMIT
About
June 9, 2026
10am to 6pm
at ImpactHUB, Athens
Karaiskaki 28, Athina 105 54, Greece
The Experimental Scent Summit is an ongoing program produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles) and Smell Lab (Berlin). A non-for-profit venture, ESS is designed to build community and learning in creative practices with scent. Through informal talks, round tables and workshops, practitioners can share experimental work in an open and unrestrained environment that facilitates collaboration and inquiry.
ESS 2026 is co-curated by Julianne Lee, Klara Ravat, Minetta Rogers, and Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Attend
Join us on June 9, for the 7th Experimental Scent Summit at ImpactHUB in Athens.
Preliminary schedule of PRESENTATIONS
Morgana, I am the odor
Presented by
Anna D’Errico
Performer, Author, Curator, Neuroscientist
The Olfacoustics Project: In Search of Shared Meaning Between Sound and Scent
Presented by
Asteris Zacharakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
To Exist Is to Inhale: “Baas, Traas, aur Saans” in Mumbai Taxi Cabs
Presented by
Yati Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Scent as Subtle Architecture
Presented by
Athanasios Zagorisios
Artist, Researcher, Educator
Bestial Mouth: The Formation of Culture through Consumption Singularity
Presented by
Halston Bruce
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts
ScentDia: The Olfactory Turn in Social Robotics
Presented by
Elena Vosnaki
Fragrantica
Luisa Damiano
IULM University, Milan
Manos Gerakinis
Manos Gerakinis Parfums
The Small Brand Advantage Toward Accessibility and Inclusion
Presented by
Dave Kern
American Perfumer
Listening to the Moss: Translating Terroir, Time, and Memory through Olfaction
Presented by
Sari Noguchi
SUI Scent Studio
[Sc]entangled Ecologies: Experiencing the Olfactory World of a Honey Bee
Presented by
Dr. Caroline McMillan
Neuronex Odor2Action Network, Space Sensory Lab
How to Distill a Dog: The Olfactory Bestiary of Raw Materials in the Early Modern Apothecary
Presented by
Lisa Rommé
Curiothèque LAB
Beautiful Ideas Worth Dying For: The Excited Pig and the BDS Etrog
Presented by
Hannah Marie Marcus
Musician/Artist
Miriam Songster
Artist
Olfactory Activism: "A Time for Peace, A Time for Waltz"
Presented by
Gabriel De Carvalho
The Olfactory Art Studio
SPEAKERS
Alessandra Mondin
Anna D'Errico
Asteris Zacharakis
Athanasios Zagorisios
Caroline McMillan
Daria Donina
David Kern
Elena Vosnaki
Freideriki Michailidou
Gabriel De Carvalho
Halston Bruce
Hannah Marie Marcus
Lisa Rommé
Luisa Damiano
Manos Gerakinis
Miriam Songster
Sari Noguchi
Simon Knight
Yati Sharma
About The EXPERIMENTAL SCENT SUMMIT
The Experimental Scent Summit is an ongoing program produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles) and Smell Lab (Berlin). A non-for-profit venture, ESS is designed to build community and learning in creative practices with scent. Through informal conversations, talks, and art performances, practitioners can share new research and experimental practice in an open and unrestrained environment that facilitates collaboration and inquiry.
ESS is a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, and is produced in collaboration with Scent Lab in Berlin and Barcelona.
The Art and Olfaction Awards and the Golden Pears™ are a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction. All rights reserved.
Be kind, be cool. be honest, have fun.
©2026
Photo credit: The Golden Pear™ by Indah Datau.
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