M:ST 3. 5 Scentbar: Fragrances for Troubled Times Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan (Winnipeg) October 3 - 6, 2007 Presented In partnership with EMMEDIA and The New Gallery (TNG) Venue: 3rd Floor, Art Central, 100 - 7th Ave. SW Calgary, AB October 3 - 6, 2007, marked the successful run of Scentbar at Art Central - a unique and personalized service unlike any other! Mass-produced consumer products cannot possibly make "unique" aromas that fit individual needs. Scentbar fills this niche, delivering truly one-of-a-kind fragrances absolutely free in just 15 minutes. Each fragrance is as personal as our own memories, hopes and fears. The perfumes are blended from an odor palette that includes ubiquitous, modern scents. However, comfort is undermined by the promotional video of malodorous disasters and by the product itself, which draws upon ambivalent memory-evoking contemporary scents such as rental car and light industry. Thank you to our sponsor, Art Central, and to Sandra Neill and Amanda Meador for their support! A special thank you also goes to: Joel Danielson, The Palette Coffee House, Shiso Miso, Tyrrel Clarke Gallery , Doug Ward Design, Influx Jewellery Gallery for their support! About Scentbar and the Performers Scentbar welcomes the audience into a performance installation that provides a service and a sense of participation in an exclusive consumer-cultural experience. Shawna Demspey and Lorri Millan have been working in collaboration that has spanned well over a decade, Winnipeg multi-disciplinary artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan have created a body of internationally acclaimed work that addresses feminist, lesbian, and social concerns with biting wit. http://www.fingerinthedyke.ca/