S&I Media 2020: Stereo & Immersive Media — Photography, Sound and Cinema Research | 2020 Universidade Lusófona Lisbon, Portugal, June 18-20, 2020

S&I Media 2020 Call REOPENED

S&I Media 2020 announces a second round for abstract submissions. The 4th International Conference on Stereo & Immersive Media aims to bring together the research fields of photography, sound and cinema, considering their historical and current relationships with expanded and immersive environments.

Stereoscopic and immersive technologies have been widening the scopes of photography, sound and cinema since the 19th century. This conference has a historical and critical perspective about immersion by considering that it draws both on state of the art technologies and on old and discontinued media that have once stimulated and expanded our perception. While these technologies (from stereo views to cinema, virtual reality or video gaming) have deeply strengthened the human relationship to virtual worlds, they have also made visual documents more engaging, triggering richer and more inspiring interpretations of reality. Noteworthy is also the fact that some of these technologies are being used and considered vital to reshape our perception of heritage and to allow new readings and museological experiences of historical collections.

The organizers are proud to announce that the conference will take place in Lisbon, at the facilities of Universidade Lusófona (Campo Grande) and in Golegã, at the Carlos Relvas Studio House, a stunning 19th-century photographic studio, absolutely unique in the world and extremely well-preserved.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts should have between 200-400 words and should be submitted along with a short biography in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

List of Topics

The organizing committee invites scholars, researchers, artists, curators and archivists to submit a proposal for a paper presentation addressing one or more of the following themes:

1- Stereoscopic Photography and its Visual Cultures (19th to 21st Century);

2- Photography, Cinema and Sound Media Archaeologies;

3- Scientific and Social History of Early Immersive Media;

4- 3D Cinema, Virtual Reality and Video Gaming;

5- Media Arts (Visual/Sound) and Immersion;

6- Urban Sound Studies;

7- Performance and Visual Media;

8- Cultural Heritage and Digital Age;

Stereoscopic projection will be available at the conference. The conference will offer you the opportunity to present your talk in 3-D if you feel inclined to. The digital images for these 3D presentations will be expected by April 18, 2020.

The conference will also include 3D film screenings. 3D film submissions are due by May 15, 2020.

Invited Speakers

Tom Gunning (The University of Chicago)

Denis Pellerin (The London Stereoscopic Company)

Carlos Teixidor (Institute of Cultural Heritage, Spain)

Elizabeth Edwards (De Monfort University, Leicester)

More info at http://stereoimmersivemedia.ulusofona.pt

Publication

Applicants will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publishing to the open access and peer-reviewed International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media (https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/stereo/issue/archive).

Venue

The two first days of the conference will take place at the facilities of Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon. The last day of the conference will be in Golegã, where the Studio House of the 19th-century Portuguese photographer Carlos Relvas is located. Transportation will be provided by the conference.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to stereoimmersivemedia@ulusofona.pt