Join us for an interactive and collaborative writing workshop, guided by Robyn Maree Pickens. This workshop encourages participants to engage with the current exhibition “Osmologies” of olfactory-based work by Jo Burzynska. The workshop aims to foster a interactive writing environment between participants and the artworks, culminating in a facilitated textual response.
The workshop is open to all ages and backgrounds, no RSVP is required, and light refreshments will be provided. In addition, participants are welcome to bring along objects that hold scent or scent memories to the workshop. Please ensure any fragrant objects are contained well.
Past Event
Jo Burzynska, Erin (detail), 2023. Scented scratch n sniff tape, 3D printed cassette, card.
Photo: Lindsey de Roos
Jo Burzynska
Dr. Jo Burzynska is a multimedia artist, researcher and writer. Initially working in sound, over time her art practice has become increasingly multisensory - making work that combines sound, taste, touch and scents, often distilling them herself. Burzynska is engaged with research into sensory interactions and their creative application, using a practice she calls crossmodal art. This research is informed by collaborations with psychologists and sensory scientists, and was the focus of her practice-led doctoral research at the University of New South Wales.
Robyn Maree Pickens
Robyn Maree Pickens is a writer, curator, and PhD candidate in ecological aesthetics at the University of Otago, Ōtepoti. Her writing has appeared ANZJA, Rain Taxi, Jacket 2, Art + Australia Online, takahē, Turbine|Kapohau, The Pantograph Punch, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Art New Zealand and Art News. Currently she is an art reviewer for the Otago Daily Times, Art News, and The Pantograph Punch, and was Blue Oyster Project Space’s 2016 summer writer-in-residence on Quarantine Island Kamau Taurua.