| Dates: | born 1961
| | Biography: | (artist biography as of 2006)
Born 1961, Norway. Lives in Berlin,
Germany
Selected exhibitions and projects since
2003
Food 4 Stars, 2007, Kunstnernes Hus,
Oslo: Food 4 Stars 2006-2007 is
travelling to Scandinavia, Russia and
China
Luxembourg Capital Européenne de la
Culture 2007. MIGRATION, art & fashion
Metropolitanscape. 2006, Turin Palazzo
Cavour, Turin, Italy
Talking Cities, 2006. Essen Germany
Regionale 2006, Ruhrgebiet, Germany
Havana Biennale, 2006. Havana, Cuba
MIT, 2006, Boston, MA, USA
Mexico City and Yukatan 2006-2007, research
projects with Rem Koolhaas
Sense Sensitive Design &
Emotional Mapping 2006-2007, a
research/art/architecture/design in the
context of a healing environment, Charite
Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin,
Germany
Archaeological Museum. Reykjavik,
Iceland, 2006-2007. integrating smells of
historical importance in the context of
the newly designed Archaeological
Museum
Luxembourg Capital Europeenne de la
Culture 2006 (the research), 2007:
MIGRATION, art & fashion
3rd Tirana Biennale, 2005, Tirana,
Albania
Hasselt Triennale, 2005, Hasselt,
Belgium
Food 4 Stars, 2005, Venice Biennale,
Venice, Italy
T(räume), 2005, Kestner Museum,
Hanover, Germany; Hermitage, St Petersburg,
Russia
FIVE + Sensotel (The Future of Hotels),
2005, Zurich, Switzerland; Dubai; Miami,
USA; London, UK
FEAR GEAR. 2005, Roebling Hall, New
York, USA
Food 4 Stars, 2005, Trevi Art Centre and
the City of Bolzano, Bolzano, Austria
Calakrnul Complex (with Rem
Koolhaas), 2005, Mexico City, Mexico
Milk & Honey Bread & Butter, 2005,
Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany
About Beauty, 2005, Haus der Kulturen
der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle
Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Diamonds...Best Friend?, 2005,
Johannesburg, South Africa: London, UK
IFM (L'lnstitute Français de la Mode),
2004, Paris, France
Scent Systems, 2004, London, UK
Montpellier Dance Festival, 2004.
cooperation with Sasha Waltz Dance Company
World Perfumers' Congress, 2004,
Cannes. France
Centre for Contemporary Art, 2004,
Kitakyushu, Japan
NORTH, 2004, Hamburger Bahnhof,
Berlin. Germany
3rd Berlin Biennale, 2004, Berlin.
Germany
Mobile Museum, 2004, Berlin, Germany;
Vienna, Austria; Barcelona, Spain;
Tokyo, Japan; Los Angeles, USA
Nightingale Associates & PAL
Foundation, 2004, London. UK
Fondation Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-
Duc Jean 2004, Luxembourg
FILES, MUSAC (The Museum of
Contemporary Art), 2004, Leon, Spain
Established IFF research lab 2004,
Berlin, Germany, on smell/ fragrance
and communication, in January 2004,
supported by IFF Inc., New York, USA
Fondation Cartier pour I'art con-
temporain, 2003, Paris, France
Aedes Gallery East. 2003, Berlin,
Germany
kunstprojekte_riem: like it/like it not/like
it, 2003, 2. Part, plus publication,
Munich, Germany
like it/like it not/like it, 2003, Beautyspy,
Munich, Germany; Goethe Institute,
Rome, Italy Space Science Research
Institute, Milan, Italy; European Institute
of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Salzburg Festival, 2003, co-production
with Yomiuri Nippon Symphony
Orchestra, Danish National orchestra,
Vienna State Opera chorus, ZKM and Dr
Gerd Albrecht, Salzburg, Austria
| | | Source: | International 06, Liverpool Biennial exhibition catalogue | | | Date of source: | 2006 |
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| | Description: | For her project OUTSIDEIN Tolaas
walked with Liverpudlians from the north,
west, south and east of the city.
Together they paced the city, using high-
end technology to collect smells from
streets and neighbourhoods and
recording perceptions and feelings in
response to their sense of smell.
Informed by these responses, she
worked with linguist Andrew Hamer, who
specialises in Liverpool's Scouse dialect,
to develop a new vocabulary to describe
the smells of the city.
Tolaas took the smells she collected on
the walks back to her laboratory in Berlin
to create unique 'smells' for Liverpool,
which are transformed through micro-
capsulation, whereby the smells (oils)
are encapsulated into micro-eggs, which
only open through touch or friction to
release the scent. This system can be
applied to different surfaces - walls,
floors, fabrics and furniture - and in
combination with a high-tech diffusion
system the smells can be released at
intervals in small doses.
The scent capsules are situated in four
different parts of the building
(representing the four different areas of
the city and their different smells), so
that visitors are able to 'scratch and sniff'
Liverpool and carry a limited edition of
the smell of Liverpool home with them.
Ceri Hand
| | Description Source: | International 06, Liverpool Biennial exhibition catalogue | | Description Source Date: | 2006 | | Type: | person |
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