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Gallesse’s Experiment
Gallese’s Experiment is a fly-on-the-wall documentary filmed during a four-day workshop at Fondazione Prada in Venice. It follows the social and technological infrastructure surrounding an experiment involving Fondazione Prada, its resident film school Belligerent Eyes, twelve actors, neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese and members of the Venetian public.
As the experiment unfolds, the film observes the evolving interactions among neuroscientists, actors, workers and tourists as they become participants.
The experiment was led by Gallese in collaboration with Belligerent Eyes, a project designed by Luigi Alberto Cippini and developed with film director Giovanni F
Directors | Faraz Anashapour, Ree Sebastian Bradley and Laurie Robins
Experiment Coordinator | Vittorio Gallese, Professor of Physiology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy
Neuroscientific Team | Martina Ardizzi, PhD, and Marta Calbi, PhD Student, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy; Maria Alessandra Umiltà, Professor of Physiology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy
Thermal Imaging and Processing | Stephanos Ioannou, Department of Physiological Sciences, Al Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Actors | Stacy Martin, India De Almeida, Jessamine Bliss Bell, Silvia Costa, Laura Dondoli, Iante Roach, Cesar Domboy, James Northcote, Marco Tonino, Andrea Maffei, Rajeev Badhan, Salvatore Licausi
Belligerent Eyes:
Texts | Pietro Caracciolo, India De Almeida and Luigi Alberto Cippini, adapted from Le 20 Novembre by Lars Norén and the online journal of Sebastian Bosse (resistantx.livejournal.com)
Director | Giovanni Fantoni Modena
Director of Photography | Matte Chi
Head of Technology Infrastructure | Amilcare Canali
Executive Producers | Lola Toscani and Max Brun
Producers | Anna Barberini, Vittoria Dami and Marlene Fantoni
Costumes | Prada
Booklet Design | Federico Scudeler with Pietro Caracciolo
FLIR Technology Advisers | Roberto Rinaldi and Giovanni Scaglia
Supported by | Belligerent Eyes; Prada Venice Palazzo, Italy