Fly brain experiments · Film & media
The fly at the movies.
Rooms and sets modeled on films and filmed events, seen through a fruit fly’s eyes.
The fly in the Ludovico screening room from A Clockwork Orange, the War Room from Dr. Strangelove, the Overlook Hotel and six scenes from The Shining, the Star Gate and the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the masked ceremony from Eyes Wide Shut, the 1995 alien autopsy film and an Apollo landing set, plus a dance class and slapfighting. In Media Observation the fly watches films and pins timestamped observations to a corkboard. Each page lists its setup, what is measured, its limitations and its sources.
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The Monolith
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Fly Dance Class
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Slapfighting
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The War Room
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The Star Gate
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More topics.
- Rituals & ceremonies11 experiments
Masonic degrees, religious services and ceremonial workings, with a fruit fly as the participant.
- Rides & exploration9 experiments
Theme-park rides, real planetary terrain and expeditions, at fly scale.
- History & training11 experiments
Historical experiments, events and training scenarios, rebuilt around a fruit fly.
- Altered states7 experiments
Visual environments built around reported altered states, delivered to a fruit fly’s eyes.
- Labs & senses17 experiments
Classic Drosophila assays and a bench for every sense.