For the newly re-launched Fashion Space Gallery, AVM Curiosities presented The Edible Archive - showcasing exclusive creations including Monochrome Chocolate Cameos and Edible Lace. The tension between the protective nature of the archive and the carnal aspects of eating were tested as the guests delicately explored the pristine display before eventually consuming it, leaving no trace.

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The Edible Archive | Fashion Space Gallery | 28 March 2014 | A short film of this event is available to view here, or by clicking the first image on the page.

In 2013, AVM Curiosities were selected as one of Selfridges’ Bright Young Things, an annual award that celebrates the best of the fashion, food and design worlds. 

Launching on 31 August, AVM presented the Edible Cabinet of Curiosity, an installation that celebrated our central themes of food, art and history. Along with this window display on Oxford Street, there was also a specially designed t-shirt and a selection of limited edition confectionery, available exclusively in the Selfridges Concept Store until January 2014.

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Bright Young Things | Selfridges, Oxford Street | Autumn 2013 | Window installation kindly supported by the Museum of Curiosity and Farley Prop Hire.

In the centre of the room is a domed alchemist’s jar containing a piece of genuine ambergris for visitors to sniff; apparently some find the scent of it sickening, and it’s certainly strange – a sort of floral muskiness with a salty bite.

- Chloe Hodge

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Ambergris was an olfactory and edible exploration of one of nature’s most curious scents: an introduction to an oceanic enigma, through a collection of historical objects, contemporary photography and sensory curiosities.

This aromatic artefact has been used in everything from Indian ink to aphrodisiacs, and everywhere from Ancient Egypt to 21st century Paris. An intriguing and unusual topic, ambergris was the perfect subject matter for AVM Curiosities’s first solo exhibition at Herrick Gallery, London.

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Ambergris | Herrick Gallery, London | 14 June - 4 July 2013 | With thanks to Christopher Kemp, whose book 'Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris' was a key factual resource for this exhibition.