The title of this exhibition is an expression that was commonly used by Ernesto Ventós. This collector and creator of fragrances and the author of the olorVISUAL collection of the Ernesto Ventós Foundation would utter this phrase whenever his olfactory memory drew a connection with a video art piece. 

Indeed, the renowned perfumer added to the images and sounds used to create video art one more element: smell.

Thus, in the tour you can follow in Casa Vicens, not only can you interact with Gaudí’s characteristic originality, but the essences that accompany the video creations will help you connect even more strongly with the building’s colours and shapes.

Fragrances of liquor, tobacco, flowers, ozone… all of these highlight the way in which the video artists’ works interact with the deliciously compact spaces of Gaudí’s first house. 

The past, the present and the future, united by scents. 

Digital’ and ‘smell’ seem like two mutually exclusive words, but in this little exhibition their conjunction makes perfect sense. Tracking Shot of Smells brings together a selection of videos from the colección olorVISUAL at the Fundación Ernesto Ventós, all of which were chosen to be part of the colection because they awakened the olfactory memory of its founder.

For the perfumer and collector Ernesto Ventós the video was a compilation of images that transported him by way of the olfactory memory to moments he had lived. As he often exclaimed, a video was ‘A thousand images in a single work!’, which rooted him in his memories and experiences, both personal and professional.

These videos also connect with the Gaudían imaginary of Casa Vicens: nature elegantly yet insistently invading the rooms of the house; colours that we find in every corner and smells that help us imagine the life of the family that lived in it.

Technology, colours, smells, memories.