Invitation International Panorama Conference 2015

OFFICIAL INVITATION
24th IPC International Panorama Conference
Namur, 9th – 12th September 2015
LAYERS OF HISTORY:
PANORAMAS FROM CLASSICAL TO DIGITAL AGE
In cooperation between the International Panorama Council, the University of
Namur, the City of Namur and the Luxembourg City History Museum
Welcome
Los Angeles & Amsterdam 20 April 2015
Dear Colleagues,
The International Panorama Council holds its 24th International Panorama
Conference in Namur, Belgium from 9 - 12 September, 2015.
We are pleased to have found partners in the University of Namur, the City of
Namur and the Luxembourg City History Museum.
The theme of this 24th Conference is Layers of History: Panoramas from Classical to
Digital Age. Our time will include visits with panoramas from the 20th and 21st
centuries, taking us from seventeenth century Marché aux Herbes to the battlefields
of World War I, filtered through the lens of artistic representation.
The diverse group of presentations scheduled promises to offer an enlightening
exchange with representatives from all around the world. We all greatly look
forward to welcoming you in Namur & Luxembourg this coming September.
Sara Velas
President
Sylvia Alting van Geusau
General Secretary
Conference Theme
Panoramas respond to our aspiration to recover lost worlds and revive the
important events in history. Although to use them as a “time-machine” can be
somewhat confusing. Most of them were made long after the moment in history
they depict. The battles they show have been fought many years before the painter
decided to fix them on canvas, the places represented have changed since then.
Today, the panoramas in themselves have become historical monuments, reflecting
the particular time they were made. In the case of recently painted panoramas, the
complexity can even be greater: using in the 21th century a 19th century medium
for representing an historical scene. The conference proposes to explore the
different layers of history contained in panoramas, revealing their changing
meaning. It will highlight how artistic interpretations of battles and historical events
often became unquestioned “facts”, whether these were done with specific political
agendas, for educational purposes or just for entertainment. Large attention will
also be given to contemporary art and new media committed to the panoramic
experience as a mean to cross time and space.
Conference Program
The conference will be held from 9 till 11 September in Namur (Belgium), with
afternoon visits to the diorama of The Battles of the Meuse in Namur and the
panorama of the Luxembourg City History Museum in Luxembourg. On 12
September there is a post-conference tour to the panorama of the Battle of
Waterloo in Waterloo (Belgium).
Conference venue: University of Namur, Faculté de philosphie et lettres
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
B-5000 Namur, Belgium
Language: The conference language will be English
Day 1: Wednesday, 9th September 2015
16h00
17h00
18h00
Meeting of IPC Executive Board (non-public)
Registration of participants
Reception (La Ville de Namur (Salle du Conseil))
19h00
Opening speech
Yadegar Asisi -The purpose of battle and war panoramas – then and now
20h00
Dinner
Day 2: Thursday, 10th September 2015
9h00
Opening of the conference (welcome by president and introduction
to conference)
9h30
CONFERENCE SESSION I
Dr. Róbert Károly Kiss
-Árpád Fesztys cyclorama, “The Arrival of the
Hungarians
Dr. Seth Thompson
Blagovesta Momchedjikova,
PhD
Dr. Martin Moar & James
Charlton
-Cultural Heritage through the lens of the panorama:
painted and digital panoramic re-presentations of
Versailles
-History Meets Heritage in Pan-Stereoramas
-A desire for immersion, The panorama of the
Occulus rift
11h00 Coffee break
Poster presentations: Patricia Lambertus and Sue Truman
11h30
CONFERENCE SESSION 2
Gordon Jones
Katarzyna Gorecka, Piotr
Pawłowski PhD and Marek
Sklodowski PhD
-Yankees in Georgia?! How The Battle of Atlanta
Became a Confederate Icon
-From digital to classical shape. Stretching of
curvilinear canvas paintings
Patrizia Kern, MA
-Panoramas of the Battle of Gallipoli/Çanakkale
Prof. Thiago Leitão
-“Donde durmieron nuestros abuelos?”
Inside a Panorama!
13h00 Lunch
15h00 Departure by coach from Namur to Luxembourg
16h30 Guided walk to the Luxembourg City History Museum
17h00 Welcome and introduction to the museum
17h15 Guy Thewes, curator: The panorama, what use for a museum?
17h30 Guided tour of the Luxembourg panorama
18h00 Antoine Fontaine, artist: The making of the panorama
19h00 Short walk on the ramparts
19h15 Dinner
22h00 Departure by coach to Namur
Day 3: Friday, 11th September 2015
09h00
CONFERENCE SESSION 3
Suzanne Wray
-European Capitalist/ American Panoramas
Dr. Alexy Druzhinin
-Artistic diorama as a form of art
Molly Briggs, Phd candidate
-Scenes from the Life of Christ: Unrolling a ‘New’
Old Moving Panorama
Clayton Guimarães, Phd
student
-Optical Media and the inscriptions of time in
Portugal in the early 19th Century
10h30
Coffee break
Poster presentations: Patricia Lambertus and Sue Truman
11h00
CONFERENCE SESSION 4
Claire Barbier, MA and
Aurore the Bruyn
Dr. Natasja Peeters and drs.
Sandrine Smets
-The diorama “Battle of the Meuse”: restoration
prospects in the 21th century
-Facts and fictions dis-covering Alfred Bastien’s
panoramas
Prof. Axel Tixhon and
Bénédict Rochet
-The Battle of the Meuse August 1914: The last
Belgian panorama
12h30 Lunch
14h00 General Assembly IPC (public)
15h00 Departure by coach to Sart-Hulet
15h30 Presentation of one of the dioramas “Battles of Meuse” / “Battle of Yser”
17h00 Transfer to Citadelle de Namur
17h30 Visit of the historical panorama building and the citadel
20h00 Farewell Dinner
Post-Conference: Saturday, 12th September 2015
09h00 Departure by coach to Waterloo
10h00 Arrival in Waterloo and guided tour of the panorama
12h00 Lunch
14h00 Visit of museum and historical site
16h00 Departure to Namur
17h00 End of the conference
Registration
You can register via this link:
http://panoramacouncil.org/what_we_do/international_panorama_conferences/
upcoming_conference/registration/
After you have registered you will receive an email from the secretariat with
information about the ways in which you can pay your fee. Your registration is
confirmed after we have received your payment. Cancellation before 14 August
2015 is free without charge.
Registration fees
Registration fee includes:
Attendance of all conference sessions including coffee breaks, lunches, dinners as
indicated on the conference program, transports and expenses for museum visits
and guided tours from 9-11 September 2015.
Standard registration (non –enrolled IPC member)
IPC member (enrolled)
Student
Speakers
320
250
200
180
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
Please note that there is no reduction in fees for partial attendance.
Attendance to the sessions is free for students and members of the University of
Namur.
Post-conference tour program (12 September 2015)
Fee per person (incl. transport, lunch museum taxes)
75 EUR
For further questions please send an email to the General Secretary of the
International Panorama Council: secretary@panoramacouncil.org.
Cancellation policy
With your registration you commit yourself to the payment of the conference
registration fee.
Cancellation before 14 August 2015 is possible without any charge. No refund is
granted in case of cancellation after 14 August 2015.
Travel information
Namur is geographically well-situated. You can easily join Namur by road or train
or by the highway.
By car
The distances to Namur:
- 310 km from Paris
- 373 km from Strasbourg
- 262 km from
Amsterdam
- 230 km from Den Haag
- 94 km from Maastricht
- 370 km from Frankfurt
- 179 km from Köln
- 131 km from Luxembourg
Access to Namur by highway:
- E 42 : Paris – Mons – Charleroi –
Namur – Liège – Aix-la-Chapelle
- E 411 : Bruxelles – Namur – Arlon –
Luxembourg
- N 4 : Wavre – Gembloux – Namur –
Marche
- N 5 : Charleroi – Philippeville –
Couvin – Rocroi
- N 95 : Dinant – Beauraing – Bouillon
- N 63 : Liège – Somme-Leuze –
Marche Vallées de la Meuse – de la
Sambre
By plane
Namur is only at 25 km from Brussels South Charleroi Airport and at 60 km from
Brussels Airport.
By train
Namur is easily accessible by train. The journey from Brussels to Namur is 1 hour.
You can find more information on schedules and traintickets on the following
website: www.raileurope-world.com
Further information
If you wish to know more about the city of Namur, the ways to travel to Namur
and look at other hotels and bed and breakfast accommodations please visit:
http://www.namurtourisme.be/
Accommodation
Please note that conference participants are requested to organize their journey
from home to Namur and back as well as their accommodation individually.
Participants are responsible for their usual insurance coverage (health, travel, legal
liability).
! Please make sure that you make a hotel reservation as soon as possible. The
month September is a very popular tourist month in Belgium.
We recommend the two hotels below:
Ibis Namur Centre
www.ibis.com
Rue du Premier Lanciers 10
5000 – NAMURBELGIUM
email: H3151@accor.com
(+32)81/257540
The hotel has 50 special prized IPC rooms available. These are kept until 29
July. The prices are 90 euro a night for a single room and 115 euro a night for
a double room including breakfast. You can only make a reservation via email
or telephone in order to get this special discount. Mention IPC2015 in your
email or phone call.
Les Tanneurs
www.tanneurs.com
Rue des Tanneries
13 5000 Namur Belgium
Tel : +32(0)81 240024
email : info@tanneurs.com
The hotel has 16 special prized IPC rooms available ranging from 75, 90 to 115
euro a night. These are kept until 29 July. Make a reservation via email and
mention that you are coming for the panorama militaire.
Organization
Contact
For questions regarding the conference and the post-conference tour please
contact Sylvia Alting van Geusau M.A. (secretary@panoramacouncil.org),
Secretary-General of the International Panorama Council.
INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE PARTNERS
International Panorama Council [www.panoramacouncil.org]
The International Panorama Council is the international organization of panorama
specialists and enthusiasts which is committed to supporting the heritage and conservation
of the few existing heritage panoramas dating from the 19th and early 20th century, and
the promotion of knowledge and awareness of the panorama phenomenon, including its
current relevance and development. The International Panorama Council is a nongovernment and not-for-profit association, subject to Swiss law.
University of Namur [www.unamur.be]
Founded in 1831 by the Society of Jesus, the University of Namur (UNamur) carries on
the values of the humanistic tradition through teaching and research: universality, quality,
ethical commitment and solidarity. Its priority is to educate students and researchers as
responsible and active members of society. Situated in the Southern, French-speaking part
of Belgium, at the heart of Europe, the University of Namur comprises six Faculties,
offering some forty academic programs. It welcomes about 5000 students and carries out
research covering the main fields of knowledge, ranging from ethics to nanotechnologies,
from linguistics to computer science, from human rights to veterinary science, and so on.
Luxembourg City History Museum [www.mhvl.lu]
The History Museum has been located in the heart of the old city since 1996. It is home to
a comprehensive permanent exhibition and hosts regular temporary exhibitions that
illustrate Luxembourg’s history, which spans over a thousand years, in a very innovant
way. The History Museum’s architecture already offers a glimpse into the city’s history: the
museum occupies four patrician houses, which were built from the 17th to the 19th century
and still reveal some medieval structures. An impressive six storeys are open for visitors to
explore. The panoramic lift, which travels through the entire height of the museum, reveals
spectacular views. In just a few minutes, visitors are introduced to 1000 years of history as
they pass the various layers of the city’s history: from the naked rock foundations on the
lower levels to the panoramic views of the Grund and the Rham plateau on the upper
levels. A few works by contemporary artists line the circuit and are a testament to how the
permanent exhibition allows past and present to enter into an exciting dialogue.