Spent the morning doing admin before heading over to Exchange Place to meet Sue & Gill and collect the books after the Hepworth show. They seem like very nice studios and I am very tempted to have a look at any vacant ones they have.
The afternoon in the studio was spent looking at options for works to be made. I referred back to Jim Campbell’s formula for computer art, and spotted the ‘scent generator’ part on the output list. I found an interactive scent generator project, and realised that it might be doable practically. The idea of scent working in the margins of attention seemed persuasive. The images above come from the fabulous Scent Generator website. The cinnamony smell of success.
The evening was spent watching the Sign Painters film screening at Site. It was a good film, not particularly critical, but entertaining and a good watch. One thing it reminded me of was the ‘desktop publishing revolution’ in the late 80s/early 90s, where everybody thought that they could suddenly dispense with designers and do it themselves. Gradually, graphic design became professionalised again as people realised that their own graphics were rubbish. I wonder if there’s a model here for something else, something post-social media.