adventuresinolfaction: latelab

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

this happened at inspace

i was invited to come and speak about what i do at an event called this happened as part of the latelab events at inspace as part of the edinburgh science festival. i spoke with different presenters- all of whom have done very interesting things in their field. skye, a coffee customer of mine and choreographer extraordinaire made an interactive dance piece with wii's in which the dancers made their own music. for my presentation, i talked about some events i've been involved in and did a scent experiment with gorilla perfume's the smell of weather turning set to to a 5.1 sound installation of a thunder storm by jonathan prior. matthew shaw from apollolaan records also provided me with a sound piece called Seatown that accompanied an aquatic scented snifter. it was a really nice event!

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

gastrolab, part of the edinburgh international science festival at inspace.

i was invited to curate an event at the edinburgh international science festival. this event was gastrolab at inspace. i invited some of my pals to present to the audience their passion and their beverages. jamie carmichael brewer at williams brothers brewery
gave a talk on the science of beer brewing, presented slides of his mamiya prints of the landscapes of beer brewing on antique microscopes, soundtracked by soundscapes of the beer brewing process by sound artist jonathan prior. you can listen to the soundscapes here. here, here, and here. jamie presented tasting samples of 4 different beers to highlight the difference in taste.
kristen and ross hunter built a cold drip coffee tower using square mile coffee. they presented two taste tests of coffee brewed at different intervals, 6 hrs and 5.5 hours and kristen gave a talk about the process of brewing coffee.
megan barker, scottish barista of the year 2011, and roaster at artisan roast coffee
gave a talk on the aromas of coffee roasting and presented two different roasts in chemix'.
i gave a talk about the history of bitters and bitters role in the history of medicine & presented a crystallized campari and soda that paul tvaroh of lounge bohemia sent up in the post. it was presented for tasting by my good pal, mary clare.
my pal soph of dirty soup made a mingling list. mark daniels of new media scotland set up inspace in such an amazing fashion. it was such a great event and thank you to all my friends who are so talented in what they do for being a part of it and for making me look good.