TIMELAPSE

Andrea Pinotti (PhD in Philosophy 1998) is Full Professor of Aesthetics at the Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” of the University of Milan, where he teaches Aesthetics and Representation and Image Theories. He has been fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, New York (2003-04 and 2021); Directeur d’études associé at the EHESS in Paris (2008 and 2022); Fritz Saxl Senior fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London (2010); professeur invité at the Université Jean-Moulin, Lyon 3 (2011); Gastwissenschaftler at the ZfL in Berlin (2012); directeur d’études associé at the FMSH in Paris (2015); Eurias-Marie-Curie Senior fellow at the IEA in Paris (2017-18) . He has been Directeur de Programme at the CIPH (Collège International de Philosophie) in Paris on the programme “Monument Nonument. Politique de l’image mémorielle, esthétique de la mémoire matérielle”. In 2018 he has been awarded the Wissenschaftspreis der Aby-Warburg-Stiftung. In 2021 he has been elected president of the Scientific Board of the FMSH (Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme) in Paris. As PI of TIMELAPSE, he is in charge of providing overarching and continuing scientific direction, and monitoring the frequency of the exchange of results between the groups involved in the project. In addition, he will supervise personally the project starting and concluding Phases.

Federica Cavaletti is a Post-Doc researcher at the Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” of the University of Milan, where she is also Adjunct Professor in Media for Social Inclusion. She obtained her PhD degree at the Catholic University of Milan, with a dissertation on time perception in audiovisual media, which she explored both theoretically and utilizing both methods from cognitive psychology and micro-phenomenological interviews. She has been a visiting PhD student at the Interacting Minds Center at Aarhus University (2018-19) and a visiting scholar at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, New York (2021-22). Her current research interests concern how VR experiences can be deployed in professional domains such as medicine and mental health. Within TIMELAPSE, she is in charge of coordinating the theoretical research grounding the development of the project (Phase 1) and the participatory design activities (Phase 2). She is also providing support in the assessment process (Phase 3) and in the pre-commercialization (Phase 5) of the VR application which will constitute the project’s final outcome. Lastly, she is responsible for information exchange between Partners, and between Partners and PI.

Irene Magrì is a project manager with a background in communication for cultural organizations and marketing. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Turin and a Master's degree in Communication Cultures from the University of Milan. As a freelancer, she gained extensive experience in digital communications and marketing, and she actively contributed to the promotion and organization of socio-cultural projects and events, especially in the realm of cinema. She is currently the project manager of the ERC Advanced Grant project AN-ICON and its spin-off TIMELAPSE, where she oversees logistic, administrative and communication activities.