Pubic Hair

Name: Pubic Hair
Start: 2025-10-09T19:30:00.000+02:00
End: 2025-10-09T21:00:00.000+02:00
Location: Mediamatic

Have you ever heard of the word Merkin. Well, we have. Merkins were used as decorative items or erotic devices by both men and women. The habit of using a merkin dates back to the year 1450. A merkin is a little wig, but not for the head. It was supposed to be used on the lower regions.
Tickets Art Historian, Curator and writer Caro Verbeek, who also is the founding mother of the Odormama series at Mediamatic, will pop by to enlighten us on the topic of pubic hair. She has been working on a study of pubic hair in art history and spends her summer making pictures of the pubic hairdo's of Roman statues. If you want to be inspired on how to wear your pubic hair or get some insight in the variety of merkins. You may want to visit this 8th edition of the aromathèque. Don't forget your stamp card and please reserve a spot if you want to be sure to not miss this one
Every month olfactory artist Frank Bloem curates a program where experts, artists, designers and scientists shift our perspectives on what we eat, drink, touch, inhale, secrete and smell. These so called "lower senses" are not only placed lower in our body but also were considered through history as lesser, more banal and not sophisticated. We think differently. Starting from a simple theme with a thought provoking question, we go on a journey and inviting people from different disciplines to discover the world that lies behind everyday phenomena.

Frank Bloem

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He started his lab The Snifferoo in 2016 and creates scent art projects. From elephant scents for Artis Zoo to erotic pine scents for festival Into the great wide Open. He works with artist and museums and has a long term collaboration with The Embassy of the North Sea for who he made art projects and a perfume. For Mediamatic Frank has been active since 2017. From Collaborating on Odorama evenings with Caro Verbeek to giving scent and distillation workshops. Since 2019 he is the manager of the Aroma Lab that he set up together with Niklaus Metler.

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Presentation about different body smells and smell samples from the elephant intimate body parts. -

With: Frank Bloem

Caro Verbeek

Caro Verbeek is an art historian, author and researcher with a focus on the lower senses (smell, taste, touch). She did an MA in Olfactory art and an MA in Tactile art at the University of Amsterdam. Her aim is to (re)construct a more sensory history of art by collecting and creating historical scents and tactile impressions for educational purposes (both for adults and children).

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Caro Verbeek - Anisa Xhomaqi

With: Caro Verbeek, Klara Ravat