Yolanda Uriz (Talk)

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Fri 31 May | de Brakke Grond

In this talk, Yolanda Uriz will use her practice as a thread to speak about olfactory narratives—i.e. narratives related to our sense of smell. After an introduction to the neuroscience of smell, she will delve into the concept of olfactory communication and how it provides an alternative approach to processing information. Since our sense of smell is closely linked to our memory and emotions, making use of it can enhance our ability to empathize, communicate, and understand other humans, other species, and the physical environment. Moreover, it is a medium that still remains beyond the reach of digital control and data extraction by surveillance technologies..

About the speaker

Yolanda Uriz is an artist who uses sound and smell learning in digital technology as tools to create peculiar environments. Through this, she investigates ways to adapt to the unknown and possible futures, seeking to integrate in a sustainable way the imminent convergence between the human and the technological, as well as between tangible and virtual realities, while maintaining our sensorial and relational potential. 

Uriz has presented installations and performances at festivals like Sonic Acts, STRP, and Ars Electronica, and is a member of the iii collective, an artist-run platform supporting radical interdisciplinary practices engaging with image, sound, space, and the body.

This artist is participating in Friday morning round table sessions, as part of the Context Programme.
Date: 31 May 2024
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Location: de Brakke Grond

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