GESTURES Vittorio Gassman performs the interpretation of theatrical gestures or "tragic attitudes" (Morrocchesi): sitting upside down on a chair; her head tilted to the side mouth closed but teeth bared; his hands clenched into fists in a movement towards you. Possible significance: anger and despair. With other actors in the world have participated in the investigation on the value of gesture in human culture promoted by Unesco at the V International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Philadelphia in 1956; and that Italy was led by dr. Romano Calisi and Ando Gilardi. Later; the director of the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions of Rome; prof. Tullio Tentori; including the value of research; he joined the group as an archivist and curator. The investigation was turned into an exhibition. (Scan print on deposit in the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of Rome) Photo by Ando Gilardi; #andogilardi Rome 1958