Scent-based workshops exploring memory and story-telling through an olfactory journey...
Choice of 2 sessions:
2.30pm - 4pm; 4.30pm - 6pm
“It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love”.
— Love in the Time of Cholera , Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perfume Stories: Alchemy and Essence is an innovative multi-sensory approach to learning based on olfaction and perfume.
Michael O’Shaughnessy has been invited to deliver two bespoke workshops. Each scent-based session is framed around autobiographical memories and storytelling. Through the Senses attendees will be given a combination of specially prepared papers – perfumes and unique scents that will be part of an olfactory journey.
From HMP Liverpool to Ramsgate. This is time travel.
Before attending this workshop please refrain or limit the amount of perfume or cologne you apply- thanks!
This unique methodology provided a foundation for learning and rehabilitation for prisoners at His Majesty’s Prisons in the UK. This project began in 2021 when it was installed as part of the Tate Exchange Programme at Liverpool Tate. Since its pilot with prisoners at HMP Liverpool in 2022, this programme has run at 8 other HMP sites in the North.
“ The scent brought out a few different emotions, in most ways it touched my heart because it reminded me of some of the good times.”
— Inmate, HMP Liverpool
Michael O’Shaughnessy is a Senior Lecturer and drawing tutor on the Graphic Design and Illustration Programme at Liverpool School of Art / LJMU.
Ramsgate Through the Senses celebrates its fifth year, and is thrilled to offer an array of activities and experiences, designed by brilliant chefs, artists, and practitioners - guaranteed to activate the senses and inspire the soul!
"A feast of a festival celebrating Kent through the senses. Come and enjoy delicious cuisine, inspiring walks, holistic therapies and much more!"
There will be a programme of events that tap into the 5 senses to inspire the mind, body and spirit.
The weekend will feature delicious and immersive wild food experiences, bespoke tours, workshops and rejuvenating therapies.
£12
Address
Ramsgate Through the Senses 2026: Perfume Stories - Alchemy & Essence
Waterloo Room, The Book Hotel, Falstaff, 16-18 Addington Street, Ramsgate
CT11 9JJ
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