Curiositas has recently welcomed two new fellows. The first two PhD scholarships of Curiositas were awarded to Ana David Mendes, PhD student of Contemporary Art at the University of Coimbra, and to Celia Cuenca, PhD Student in Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Barcelona. Both fellows will undertake tasks related to database cataloguing and press analysis, as well as iconographic research in Portuguese and Spanish museums. This research will be part of their final theses entitled ‘The curiosity of the Journey: recovery and processes of creative appropriation of optical devices in contemporary art’ (Ana David Mendes) and ‘La mirada óptica. Vistas ópticas y espectáculos visuales en España durante los siglos XVIII y XIX’ (Celia Cuenca).
Curiositas Joins the European Time Machine Ecosystem
CURIOSITAS has joined the Time Machine Organisation with a new Local Time Machine entitled Mapping Cosmoramas. Time Machine is a European initiative that aims to build a large-scale, distributed digital infrastructure for collecting, organising, and analysing the “Big...
‘What is a Cosmorama?’: Interview series
The Early Visual Media Lab — CICANT (Lusófona University), in collaboration with the Institute of Art History (FCSH, NOVA University of Lisbon), presents the first three videos of an interview series entitled ‘What is a Cosmorama?’. This series was developed as part...
Curiositas at ARE Sofia, Bulgaria
Curiositas’ Virtual Reality experience Cosmorama: The Great Virtual Show was showcased at the Artistic Research Exhibition (ARE Sofia) in Bulgaria, from June 2-6, 2025.