Most of the time, stories that are staged for audiences use the senses of hearing and vision as starting points. A new opera uses smell and hearing instead.
With a score, custom scents, a new high-tech delivery system, the creators produced a nice show. By creating characters out of paired scents and sounds, they broke new ground.
The work “Green Aria: A ScentOpera” was written and directed by Stewart Matthew with music by Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson; the scents were by French perfumer Christophe Laudamiel; the innovative scent delivery system was by Fläkt Woods. Look here for a great review by The New York Times.
How can you reimagine storytelling with a different sense – how about taste or touch? Think about the amazing experience theme parks craft by incorporating kinesthetic storytelling (like the great Adventures of Spiderman at Islands of Adventure in Orlando).
What could you do by avoiding the most obvious storytelling media?
