Strictly, the church has been using rapid large-scale smell distributors for many years - the thurible - the church has always been in the vanguard of theatrical technique
Dr. Peter Lennox School of Technology, Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 -----Original Message----- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Leese Sent: 10 April 2013 17:53 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Meandering a bit (not a byte, but perhaps a nibble) Eric Carmichel wrote: ... > While I was enjoying the scent of roses and honeysuckle blossoms > during my visit, the thought of electronically ?recording? scents and > odors came to mind (not exactly a new idea). After all, we have > multiple methods of electronically recording images and sounds. > It then made me think about sensation, perception, and how ?reality? > travels across/thru various medium. The amusing thought of an older > Warner Bros/Bugs Bunny cartoon that referred to ?smell-a-vision? also > surfaced. > > Although I don?t believe scents and odors would enhance movie-goers > experiences (didn?t director John Waters already try this?), it does > elicit thoughts of vials of elements and compounds being > electronically mixed to produce odorants. The two main systems were called Smell-O-Vision and AromaRama. Neither was successful because, while it is easy to introduce smells into a cinema, it is impossible to get them out again. John Waters system, Odorama, used with his 1982 movie Polyester, did not suffer from this problem. He used scratch and sniff cards. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/ _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
