Il Gattopardo
Alice Barsottini
Architecture +44 7833 310 529 barsottinialice @ g mail.com @ g attopardo2016
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Il Gattopardo incorporates a twentyminute immersive visitor experience during which, through multi-sensory narratives, participants explore changes in dating habits from Italy’s past to London’s present. An accompanying inter-generational commentary mixes memories from the past with current realities. Through these narratives, visitors sense for themselves the shifts that have taken place over time in the dating experience, such as quantity and quality of dates, feelings of closeness, community, attachment, partnership and networking.
At the end, the participants gather in Il Gattopardo’s ballroom, and are invited to share their own courtship narratives. Il Gattopardo aims to inspire reflection on our current dating habits and on the differences between virtual and non-virtual first-time encounters and relations.
COLLABORATORS
Annemarie Mayo, Concept Development Leonardo Puleggi, Concept, Software Development Alice Pagano, Motion Design Sara Fedi, Audio Design Ting-Hsin Lin, Graphic Design Ilaria Foresi, Photography Kohei Kanomata, Film Making Elaine Lazzaris, Film Editing
This first event of a proposed series takes place at the Italian Cultural Institute in London and is targeted at 24-34 year olds living in the city who use online dating.
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