Hope

Hope as the first perception of the day
ahead in an unknown future

AN OLFACTIVE JOURNAL

AN OLFACTIVE JOURNAL

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family : CLEAN SPICY WOODY INCENSE
feeling : RADIANT, RESILIENT, SERENE
texture : LUMINOUS, AIRY, CRYSTALLINE, BUOYANT
series : OLFACTIVE JOURNALS
medium : PHOTOGRAPHY & COLLAGE
artist : ALICE QUARESMA
perfumer : MARK BUXTON

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MATERIALS
PINK BERRIES, BERGAMOT, INCENSE, SAFFRON, CINNAMON, CUMIN, SAGE, HAY, STYRAX PYROGENE, CEDAR, VETIVER, SANDALWOOD, OAKWOOD, BIRCH

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OLFACTIVE JOURNALS
Over a set period of time, contributing artists capture their quotidian rituals and studio practice via smell. Each entry is an olfactive portrait of that day, a scent document of the works in progress, bubbling thoughts, and immediate surroundings. In this way, Olfactive Journals become memory maps that allow artist and audience to return, by way of nose, to a specific moment and place in the artist's creative journey.

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THE JOURNAL
Created between May 01-15, 2020, during the COVID lockdown, this olfactive portrait captures the artist's daily practice of finding light and possibility in a time of global isolation, transforming constraint into creative optimism.