Delving into the invisibility of labor under automation, the film offers an entry point to the everyday world of seafarers, the carriers of 90% of the world’s goods. “They Thought They Saw A Ghost”, an immersive observation of time transformed by automated technologies, stages a series of abstractions.
Paolo Patelli – (Chiari, Italy, 1984) He holds a PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies, he engages with the materialities, scenes and atmospheres at the intersections of space and society, technologies and environments. He is a Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.
Giulio Squillacciotti – (Rome, Italy, 1982) is an artist and filmmaker whose work is oriented mainly on the invention and mutation of traditions.
Giuditta Vendrame – (Maniago, Italy, 1985) is an artist and through her artistic practice she explores the notion of citizenship, focusing on personhood, space and mobility.
Paolo Patelli
They Thought They Saw A Ghost (doc, 2021)
Giulio Squillacciotti
They Thought They Saw A Ghost (doc, 2021)
What has left since we left (short, 2021)
The Dispute (short, 2020)
Scala C, Interno 8 (short, 2017)
Archipelago (doc, 2017)
La Dernière Image (short, 2015)
RMHC 1989/1999 Hardcore a Roma (doc, 2012)
Giuditta Vendrame
They Thought They Saw A Ghost (doc, 2021)
