Stereo & Immersive Media 2016: Photography and Sound Research

Universidade Lusófona and Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa
27— 29 October 2016


The International Conference Stereo & Immersive Media'16 aims to gather researchers, artists, curators, and archivists working on visual and sound media renowned for their immersive features.

"Stereo" environments (stereoscopic and stereophonic) have been widening the fields of photography and sound since the 19th century, contributing to the emergence of a progressively immersive media culture. This conference aims to bring together photography and sound research fields and their relationship with stereo environments, including other immersive visual media (e.g. panoramas, optical displays or virtual games) as well as sound art practices.

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits addressing one of the following themes:

1- Stereoscopic Photography (historical and contemporary);
2- Pre-cinema and Immersion;
3- Photographic and Sound Media Archaeology;
4- Panorama, Diorama and 360° Panoramic Photography;
5- Animation, Video games, Augmented and Virtual Reality;
6- Urban behaviour and the Influence of Sound devices;
7- Sonic Art and New Technologies;
8- Performance and Immersive environments;


Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Larry Schaaf
Director of the ‘William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné’ and Founder and Editor of the Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Project.
Nicholas Wade
Professor, author, and specialist in history of vision research, binocular and motion perception, and the interplay between visual science and art.
Denis Pellerin
Specialist in Stereo Photography and author of La Photographie Stéréoscopique sous le Seconde Empire and Diableries. Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell.


Applicants will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publishing to the International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media.

This conference is convened by Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias in collaboration with CICANT (Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies).

Abstracts should have between 200-300 words for a 20 minutes presentation and should be submitted along with a short biography until 22 July on the website https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=simedia2016 When filling the title field in easychair please indicate (within brackets) the number of the theme proposed in this call that best suits your presentation.

The official languages in the conference are English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
For further information please visit our website http://stereoimmersivemedia.ulusofona.pt/
Other queries must be submitted to simedia2016@easychair.org