From July 16th to 19th, 2025, Lisbon will host the 34th edition of the International Panorama Council (IPC) Conference, entitled “The World at a Glance. Panoramas and Peep Technologies.” Organized by the Early Visual Media Lab of CICANT and taking place in the auditoriums of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, this upcoming conference promises to foster rich discussions on historical and contemporary immersive media.
With a primary focus on the synergies between panoramas and other immersive media, both past and present, the conference will examine the visual and experiential connections across centuries of immersive technologies. The conference will also feature a session closely aligned with the Curiositas project, during which participants will visit the accompanying exhibition at the Cinemateca Portuguesa, set to open in late May.
To enrich the conference experience, several excursions are planned, including:
- a visit to the Fort of Almada, the vantage point from which H. A. Barker captured his Panorama View of Lisbon;
- a boat tour along the Tagus River, featuring the viewpoint for Barker’s View of Lisbon from the River Tagus;
- an exploration of the panoramic tile panel at the National Tile Museum;
- and a visit to the camera obscura at Lisbon’s Castle of St. George, offering a panoramic projection of the city.