Re: Mareorama Resurrected

Dear Thomas Weynants,
I am a filmmaker and amateur media archaeologist and collector in Mexico. I am a member of the Magic Lantern Society and receive your posts in the visual media google group. Thanks a lot for that. I am thinking of a European tour with my Kerosene Magic Lantern. The show is named "The Fire Axolotl" and was presented quite successfully in the Velaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles, California, last May.
I can obtain support from the Ministry of Culture in Mexico if I am able to secure a few venues in Europe. I understand you are in Belgium. I am also thinking in Berlin and Paris. Please tell me if you can help me.
Best wishes,
Gregorio Rocha
Archivia Films
Mexico




--- El dom 6-ene-13, Thomas Weynants - Media Archaeology - <thomas.weynants@telenet.be> escribió:

> De: Thomas Weynants - Media Archaeology - <thomas.weynants@telenet.be>
> Asunto: Mareorama Resurrected
> A: visual-media@googlegroups.com
> Fecha: domingo, 6 de enero de 2013, 4:51
> Dear List members,
>  Just enjoyed this early Sunday morning Erkki
> Huhtamo's acclaimed illustrated lecture performance
> 'Mareorama Resurrected'.This is a fascinating story of a most
> spectacular moving panorama in the settings of a simulated
> sea voyage created by Hugo d'Alesi.
>
> The Mareorama was one of the most
> complex immersive media attractions which took place during
> the World Fair Exposition of 1900 in Paris.
> Many of us know about this great event but very few people
> are familiar with the fascinating variety of new media
> attractions the World Fair 1900 was offering to his turn of
> the century visitors.
>  One of the leading researchers in the field
> of Media Archaeology studying this poorly known technical
> and visual attractions is prof. Erkki Huhtamo.Enjoy his unusual lecture accompanied by life
> music, now available online.http://artandcode.com/3d/otherevents/the-moving-panorama
>    Thomaswww.visual-media.eu
>
>
>    "Performed throughout the 1800s,
> moving panoramas were among the most popular entertainment
> of the 19th century. In this poetic lecture-demonstration,
> scholar and media archeologist Erkki Huhtamo draws on his
> research into moving panoramas and dioramas to discuss
> various historical apparata that laid the groundwork for
> 20th and 21st century immersive applications—including
> those created now by game designers and media artists. The
> particular focus of this presentation will be on the
> Maréorama, a huge multi-sensory spectacle created by Hugo
> d'Alesi and his team for the Universal Exposition of
> 1900 in Paris. Drawing from high-resolution scans and the
> original piano music composed for the Maréorama by Henri
> Kowalski, Huhtamo reconstructs several sequences from this
> simulated sea voyage on the Mediterranean. 
> The performance features
> live piano accompaniment by Stephen L. I. 
> Murphy."
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Visual Media displays a very wide field of wondrous devices which opens a lot of opportunities for research and discovering in the field of Media Archeology.
To find out, visit the online Archeological Media_Museum of Early Visual Media.
http://www.visual-media.eu

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