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'''''Heartbeat in the Brain''''' is a 1970 documentary film about Amanda Feilding's self-trepanation operation. She is a British scientist, artist, and drug policy reformer best known for her research into consciousness and psychoactive drugs such cannabis, MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin, which she conducts through her non-profit organization, the Beckley Foundation. She is also an expert in the practice of trepanation, an ancient pseudo-medical procedure in which a small hole is cut out of the skull with the hopes of alleviating a variety of ailments or achieving a higher state of consciousness. These hypotheses have neither been medically proven nor is the practice recommended by doctors.


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After failing to find a doctor willing to perform the operation on her, Feilding (then 27) performed the procedure on herself. The film was a collection of footage from the operation and of her pet pigeon, Birdie. Its first known public screening was in 1978, at the Suydam Gallery in New York, in which at least one audience member fainted.<ref>[http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/turner.php Cabinet article on the movie.] Retrieved 26 Jun '17</ref>
Amanda Feilding is a British scientist best known for her work in the practice of trepanation, an ancient medical procedure in which a small hole is cut out of the skull to alleviate a variety of ailments, or even to achieve a higher state of consciousness (as Feilding would later try to prove herself).


In 1970, with the intent of testing the hypothesis that trepanation would increase cerebral circulation, by allowing the heartbeat to fully express itself through the brain (leading to a higher state of consciousness), Feidling, (then 27), performed the procedure on herself, recording the entire event. The film, which she titled '''''Heartbeat in the Brain''''' (which consisted of alternating scenes of the operation, and motion studies of Feilding's pet pidgeon, Birdie, respectively), had its first known public screening in 1978, at the Suydam Gallery in New York. During the climax of the film, in which Feilding successfully removes a section of her own skull, many audience members were said to have fainted.
The film was thought by many to be completely lost due to its few screenings. However, the film was screened again in April 2011 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The entire film has never surfaced online, although several snippets can be seen in Eli Kabillio's 1998 documentary about the subject, ''A Hole in the Head''.<ref>[http://hplusmagazine.com/2010/08/25/fixing-hole-head/ Humanity Media article on the documentary.] Retrieved 26 Jun '17</ref>


The film was long thought by many to be completely lost, due to it's incredibly limited amount of screenings, until it was once again publicly shown in April 2011 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The entire film has never surfaced online, although several snippets can be seen in Eli Kabillio's 1998 documentary ''A Hole in the Head''. Feilding would later go on to found the Beckley Foundation, and is still alive and well today.
In 2021 new clips of the film surfaced in season 3 episode 6 of the show ''Hamilton's Pharmacopeia''.


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HeartbeatInTheBrain-AHoleInTheHeadPoster.jpg

Poster for the 1998 documentary about the original film.

Status: Partially Found

Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film about Amanda Feilding's self-trepanation operation. She is a British scientist, artist, and drug policy reformer best known for her research into consciousness and psychoactive drugs such cannabis, MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin, which she conducts through her non-profit organization, the Beckley Foundation. She is also an expert in the practice of trepanation, an ancient pseudo-medical procedure in which a small hole is cut out of the skull with the hopes of alleviating a variety of ailments or achieving a higher state of consciousness. These hypotheses have neither been medically proven nor is the practice recommended by doctors.

After failing to find a doctor willing to perform the operation on her, Feilding (then 27) performed the procedure on herself. The film was a collection of footage from the operation and of her pet pigeon, Birdie. Its first known public screening was in 1978, at the Suydam Gallery in New York, in which at least one audience member fainted.[1]

The film was thought by many to be completely lost due to its few screenings. However, the film was screened again in April 2011 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The entire film has never surfaced online, although several snippets can be seen in Eli Kabillio's 1998 documentary about the subject, A Hole in the Head.[2]

In 2021 new clips of the film surfaced in season 3 episode 6 of the show Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.

References

  1. ↑ Cabinet article on the movie. Retrieved 26 Jun '17
  2. ↑ Humanity Media article on the documentary. Retrieved 26 Jun '17
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