[ecrea] CFP: Stereo and Immersive Media — 2015 Conference, Lisbon, October 7-9

Call for papers

Stereo and Immersive Media — 2015 International Conference

Universidade Lusófona

National Archive of Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, Portugal


October 7-9, 2015



Stereo and Immersive Media — 2015 International Conference aims to bring
together researchers, artists and archivists working on visual media
renowned for their stereoscopic and/or immersive features. Stereo and
immersive media environments provide an expanded field for photographic
media since the 19th century. The recent revival of interest in stereo
and immersive technologies has set an opportunity to research its
historical roots and also the present-day challenges to visual culture.


Stereo and Immersive Media — 2015 International Conference will present
in its opening plenary session the final results of the research project
Stereo Visual Culturededicated to the first national study of stereo
photography in Portugal. The conference venue, the National Archive of
Torre do Tombo, will host the exhibition ‘The Third Image — Stereoscopic
Photography in Portugal and the Desire for 3D’, presenting the main
authors, themes and compositions from 31 stereo collections of 9
national Portuguese archives and museums.


This conference welcomes a diversity of approaches and topics that may
contribute to the critical understanding of stereo and immersive media
today. Suggested research topics for contributions include:


 1.

    Stereoscopic photography;

 2.

    Stereo photography, archival and curatorial practices;

 3.

    Immersive cinematic media;

 4.

    Scientific stereoscopic practices;

 5.

    Immersive media art installations;

 6.

    Video games and augmented realities;

 7.

    Haptic and visual media cultures.



Best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the
International Journal of Film and Media Arts: http://ijfma.ulusofona.pt



Keynote Speakers:

_Denis Pellerin_, Specialist in stereo photography and author of La
Photographie Stéréoscopique sous le Seconde Empireand Diableries.
Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell.

_Emília Tavares_, New Media and Photography Curator at the National
Museum of Contemporary Art- Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, researcher and art
critic.

_Maria Teresa Cruz_, Specialist in Media Aesthetics, Media Art Theory
and Cultural Techniques.

_Thomas Weynants_, Specialist in Early & Popular Visual Media. Author of
the website ‘Early Visual Media Archaeology’ (TBC).


The conference is organised by the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades
e Tecnologias and by the Research Center CICANT. The conference includes
a special guided tour to the conservation and restoration areas of
National Archive of Torre do Tombo where historical and rare
photographic documents will be presented.


Abstracts of between 200 and 300 words for presentations of around
20 minutes should be submitted, along with a brief biography by *FRIDAY
21 AUGUST 2015* in https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=simedia2015


The official languages of the conference are English, Portuguese and
Spanish.


More on the conference can be found at:
http://stereoimmersivemedia.ulusofona.pt/

Further inquiries should be sent to: (simedia2015 /at/ easychair.org)
<mailto:(simedia2015 /at/ easychair.org)>




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