• Panorama Rouen 1431
    created by Yadegar Asisi in 2016
    photo © asisi

35th IPC Conference, Panoramas and the Future

Sunday, 31 May 2026

The initial schedule for the 35th IPC Conference is announced

The 35th annual conference of the International Panorama Council will explore the theme of “Panoramas and the Future.” It will be hosted by Panorama of the Council of Constance, 1414-1418 and Yadegar Asisi from 23–25 September 2026 at the newly opened Panorama of the Council of Constance, 1414-1418.

Panoramas and the Future

The conference theme was developed specifically in response to Asisi’s creation of a new panorama of an historical subject. Since the art form’s emergence with Robert Barker’s 1787 invention, panoramas have offered immersive virtual encounters with significant places, decisive events, and imagined worlds across diverse cultural contexts. The 2026 IPC conference explores how the concept of the future operates in panoramas and related media. Now, as then, panoramas are typically presented in purpose-built structures and aim to make viewers feel themselves transported in time and/or space. The immersive impulse extends beyond monumental panoramas to more mobile and intimate forms, including moving panoramas, cosmoramas, dioramas, stereoscopes, print media and more. Today, panoramic logic animates contemporary immersive art and media, from VR and game environments to large-scale venues such as the Las Vegas Sphere, underscoring the panorama’s ongoing relevance as a foundational immersive medium. Meanwhile, surviving heritage exemplars continue to attract audiences, actively curating relations among past, present, and future.

To learn more about the new Panorama of the Council of Constance, 1414-1418, visit https://www.panorama-konstanz.de/en/panorama-konstanz

Conference presenters include panorama custodians, professionals, scholars, artists, designers, media specialists and enthusiasts. IPC conferences are distinguished by generous programs that allow time for rich discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on engagement. 

An optional post-conference tour on Saturday, 26 September will take participants to Pforzheim, Germany, to visit Asisi’s Panorama of Amazonia - more details are included below. Please direct all queries to secretariat@panoramacouncil.org

– Bookmark the 35th IPC Conference page to watch for updates –

https://panoramacouncil.org/en/what_we_do/conferences/35th_ipc_conference_2026/

 

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