Waste Simmers #2: Grondstoffenstation Wafting Scent-ologist Gathering

Join us for an afternoon and evening guided by our noses and artist Dafni Melidou! Situating ourselves at the Grondstoffenstation, we will immerse ourselves in the many scents that waft around, through, and within this environment. In exploring these intricate smells, we will unravel what they conjure in us - not only in terms of personal memory but also in relation to broader questions about shifts in urban life, the neighbourhood, and their impact on the community. We will reflect on how we interpret and communicate these smells and what they reveal about the evolving identity of places like the Afrikaandermarkt.

This event will begin at the Grondstoffenstation where we will carry out a series of playful smell(ing) based activities before wandering over to the Gemaal op Zuid to collectively amass a scent archive of the GSS. There Jamila will greet us with an immersing coffee ritual initiating us into a Friday night of mixologist fun where scent, taste and sound are experimentally paired - hoping to ignite our many senses.

Please feel welcome to join us at the Gemaal op Zuid from 17h for music, food and drinks even if you are unable to attend the initial scent activities commencing from 16h at the Grondstoffenstation.

Dafni Melidou is an artist and researcher exploring the intersections of smell, memory, and urban transformation. Her ongoing research project, Smell Ecologies, supported by CBK I&V, investigates how shifts in Rotterdam's cityscapes impact urban life through the lens of smell.

Waste Simmers is a series of collaborations and events organised by artist, gardener and avid composter Kate Price at the Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie’s Grondstoffenstation to explore sustainable possibilities of their collected food waste.

Welcome:
Friday Nov 15th, 4-7pm
4pm-5pm Grondstoffenstation (Afrikaanderplein 1)
5-7pm Gemaal op Zuid (Pretorialaan 141)