2016Scent Lab ViennaSmellscapes

Im Prater blüh´n …

Duftinstallation / Smellscape

“Im Prater blüh´n wieder die Bäume”, MuseumQuartier

IM PRATER BLÜH´N WIEDER DIE BÄUME, Smellscape / scent installation, 2016
(In Prater the trees are blossoming again)

A project commissioned for Wir-sind-Wien-Festival
Public Space, Vienna – in cooperation with: Kunst Haus Wien / Museum Hundertwasser, Historical Museum of Vienna, Museums Quarter Vienna, The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art.

With „In Prater the trees are blossoming again “ Paul Divjak is focusing on the diversity of urban smell and the manipulation of our olfactory surroundings. Setting up temporary smellscapes (olfactory interventions) the artist is transferring odours of famous Vienna Prater (the Emperor´s former hunting grounds) into the very city center, and in front of several museums. The aroma of musty earth, woods, lime blossoms and lilac is to be experienced at urban locations, which usually are defined by the lack of any green.The audience is such invited into the realm of the sense of smell and to reflect everyday perceptions.
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2016Scent Lab ViennaCompositions

Wiener & Wienerin von Welten

Eau de Cologne

Wiener und Wienerin von Welten by Paul Divjak

Wiener von Welten by Paul Divjak is a true nobleman´s fragrance. Inspired by history, nature and the passing of time. Woody and smoky, classic, subtile and yet powerful. An energizing, vibrating tonic. Essential oils of cedar, olibanum mingle with carefully selected Asian herbes and precious alchemically prepared liquid gold. Provides an inspiring narration and pure organic pleasure.

Wienerin von Welten by Paul Divjak is inspired by Empress Maria Theresa and her beloved Orangerie at Schönbrunn Palace. An enchanting and lively fragrance comprised of carefully selected citrus fruits and French lavender. Enjoy the delights of strolling through a blossoming garden. Experience all-natural luxury!

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2015Scent Lab ViennaSmellscapes

Letztes Jahr in Jerusalem

Duftinstallation, Jüdisches Museum Hohenems

Jerusalem – Mahane Jehuda Market

Smellscape / scent installation, 2015
Garden of the Jewish Museum, Hohenems
(In cooperation with the On-Site Art Festival)

With his smellscape Paul Divjak is stepping into an olfactory dialogue with the current exhibition at the Jewish Museum: „A Streetcar Named Desired“, which takes the visitors on a reflective journey through Jerusalem by following the route of tram number 1, crossing and connecting the various „Jerusalems“.
In „L´année dernière à Jersualem“ the artist is describing a stroll through the city of Jerusalem. Subjective memories concerning the sense of smell enfold a assiciative and symbolic bouquet of the Holy city, center of three religions. Such evoking the aura of the very place of different cultures.
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Grün / Grün / Grün

Smellscape / Duftinstallation – Salotto, Vienna

Der Künstler Paul Divjak hat den zarten Duft eines blühenden Orangenhains durch die New Yorker Neue Galerie wehen lassen. Er hat internationale Museen in mittelalterlich stinkende Kloaken verwandelt und zuletzt auf Einladung der Wiener Achse den Pratersauna Art Space zu einem synthetischen Erdbeerland gemacht.

Exklusiv für den Salotto Vienna destillierte und komponierte Divjak nun ein olfaktorisches Naturlandschaftsbild und holt Wald und Wiese, Hochnebel und Moos nach Aspern Seestadt. — mehr —