Newsletter 20 19th International Panorama Conference - Dominik Imhof (Curator Art Museum of January 2010 in Istanbul, 16 – 19th April 2010 1 Thun/Switzerland): The Panorama of Thun - Panorama appeal to UNESCO World Heri- On the history and the future of the oldest tage in Holland, Germany, Belgium 1 surviving panorama painting Gebhard Streicher honoured by town - Suzanne Wray (Panorama Researcher, New IPC International of Altoetting 2 York/USA): Paul Philippoteaux’s “Harlem” Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress Studio and the Niagara Panorama - Stefan Panorama Council to move again 1 Oettermann (Art Historian, Curator Asisi Vis- Version of Gettysburg Cyclorama to be ual Culture GmbH, Berlin/Germany): Johann www.panoramapainting.com sold 2 Carl Enslen (1759-1848). Balloonist, Aero- Panorama Einsiedeln to be financed on static Artist, Phantasmagorist, Mechanic, a solid basis 2 Panoramist, Pioneer of Photography Information on Bachelder's panorama of - Erkki Huhtamo (Prof., University of Califor- Milton's 'Paradise Lost'? 2 nia, Dept. of Design/Media Art, Los Ange- Panorama painting based on the literary les/USA): Moving Panoramas on Stage - new works of Sir Walter Scott? 2 Perspectives Panorama related photographic work 2 - Ronald Huynen (Artist, Rotterdam/The Neth- Public fundraising for Pano Mesdag 3 erlands): Play the Panorama. A series of end- E-Cyclorama: immersed in color 3 less ‘relay travelogues’ drawn by local con- 19th Century 'Circlevision' by Ian temporary artists from all over the world Beckett 3 - Jeremy Diggle (Prof., Massey University, Please support us listing the surviving Wellington/New Zealand): Narvik's complaint, Moving Panoramas 3 a new cyclorama New studies and publications on pano- - Sara Velas (Artist, Los Angeles/USA): Creat- IPC Executive Board: ramas etc. 3 ing a new moving panorama: The Grand Mov- ing Mirror of California Prof. Yadegar Asisi (GE-Berlin) 19th International Panorama Conference On the afternoon of 18 April a plenary discus- Dr. Mimi Colligan th (AU-Melbourne) in Istanbul/Turkey, 16 – 19 April 2010 sion will handle questions on the future of the Patrick Deicher M.A. We are very sorry that the invitations for this International Panorama Council as a member- (CH-Lucerne) year’s conference have not been distributed ship organisation. Jeff Morgan yet. Our local partner in Istanbul, The Culture We hope to see you all in Istanbul! (AU-Hawker) Co., a subsidiary of the Greater City of Istan- Ernst Storm MSc (NL-Rotterdam) bul, had some problems having the confer- Dr. Gebhard Streicher ence details arranged. The main problem was Panorama appeal to UNESCO World Heri- (GE-Munich) to have hotel arrangements reserved for our tage in Holland, Germany, Belgium Dipl. Arch. Damian Widmer members. In 2010 Istanbul will be one of The Bavarian Heritage Department (Bay- (CH-Lucerne) Prof. Martin Woolner Europe’s Cultural Capitals. That’s why hotel erische Landesamt fuer Denkmalpflege) has (UK-Plymouth) rooms are very rare. The organiser has re- given support to the plea of Dr. Gebhard Prof. Sanford Wurmfeld served rooms in a single hotel for all confer- Streicher, president of the board of the Foun- (US-NYC) ence participants. Details on the hotel and dation Panorama Altoetting, aiming at a serial the program will follow within a few nomination of the three most representative days, together with the formal invitation, panoramas of universal value for the World Honorary President: being sent to all IPC members. Prof. Ottó Trogmayer Heritage list of UNESCO. Prof. Dr. Egon Jo- (HU-Budapest) The conference will start with an opening re- hannes Greipl, Generalkonservator of the th ception on the evening of 16 April 2010. The Bayerische Landesamt fuer Denkmalpflege in President: conference itself will be on 17th and 18th April. Munich is working on the application, appreci- Ernst Storm, [email protected] On 19th April a sightseeing program to the ating the fact that European heritage sites are city of Istanbul will be organised. overrepresented on the list. Both UNESCO and The conference fee will be approximately European countries being reticent about new € 125.- for IPC members. applications. IPC Secretariat: Nevertheless the Panorama of the Battle of The conference will include the following lec- Patrick Deicher Waterloo was placed on the Belgian provi- Hochruetistrasse 39 tures (subject to changes): sional list during the UNESCO Convention in 6005 Lucerne - Denise Oleksijczuk (Asst. Prof., School for Quebec in July 2008. This was on the initiative Switzerland the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser Uni- of the Wallonia Region. Inspector General versity, Vancouver/Canada): Henry Aston Ghislain Geron of the Department of Heritage Phone +41 79 637 31 53 [email protected] Barker's Panoramas of Constantinople, 1801 also supported the application of Panorama - Ralph Hyde (Panorama Researcher, Lon- Mesdag for a place on the provisional list of don/UK): Panoramas and the Crimean War The Netherlands. He has also acknowledged - Veronica Frenks (Romanist, Vlissingen/The his willingness to support a ‘proposition com- Netherlands): Panorama The Siege of Flush- mune’, a Serial Nomination of the world’s ing 1809 painted by Henry Aston Barker three most authentic and eligible panoramas - Gabriele Koller (Art Historian, Panorama of The Hague (1881), Altoetting (1903) and Researcher, Ph.D. Candidate, Waterloo (1912). Bonn/Germany): Storms, fires and other The Mesdag application is being considered by catastrophies. The fate of some 19th century the Dutch Minister of Education, Art and Sci- panoramas ence Dr. Ronald Plasterk. The IPC, giving sup- - Thiago Leitão de Souza (Architect, Ph.D. port to the request for a Serial Nomination Student, Universidade Federal do Rio de Ja- recognition of the three panoramas, informed neiro - FAU – PROURB/Brazil): The Panorama Dr. Plasterk on 17 December 2009 about the of Rio de Janeiro by Victor Meirelles and Henri Belgian and German applications and their Langerock support for the Mesdag application in Holland. p. 1 completion of the conservation treatment (which is esti- Gebhard Streicher honoured by town of Altoetting mated to take approximately one year), the panorama will Because of his extraordinary service to the Jerusalem return to the Saco Museum. Photographs of the panorama Panorama Kreuzigung Christi Dr. Gebhard Streicher was are available at honoured on 9 December by the First Mayor of the town of http://www.sacomuseum.org/mus_pilgrims.shtml. Two Altoetting with the town’s Golden Ring of Honour. Damian scholarly articles about the panorama are available at Widmer, one of Gebhard Streicher’s co-founders of the http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa70.htm and European Panorama Interest Group, the predecessor of the http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa66.htm International Panorama Council, awarded Buergermeister Herbert Hofauer the IPC Pin of Honour for his general sup- port of the world-wide panorama community and in par- Version of Gettysburg Cyclorama to be sold ticular in securing the future of the Altoetting Panorama. A client of O’Toole Ewald Art Associates, Inc. currently Altoetting has hosted the IPC Conference twice, in 1998 on owns the Gettysburg Cyclorama that was formerly located the occasion of the first world-wide IPC conference and in at Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Caro- 2003 on the occasion of the 100th jubilee of the 12 x 95 lina/USA and is interested in selling it. The painting is ap- meter Altoetting Jerusalem panorama. The 2,30 x 28 meter praised at USD 8.5 million, but the owners are willing to abstract Cyclorama 2000 of Stanford Wurmfeld was on sell it for USD 2.5 million. The cyclorama comprises 14 display at the Central Square of the pilgrimage town at the panels. It measures 22 feet in height and 410 feet in same time. length and is in fairly good condition. It is currently lo- cated in North Carolina. The painting was formerly ascribed to Paul Dominique Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress to move Philippoteaux, but newer research showed that the au- again thorship is unsure. The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress will be con- Contact: Chana Benjamin [email protected]. served as a result of a $52,000 government grant entitled Save America’s Treasures received by the Saco Museum, in Maine in the US. The project will also create a 245 meter Panorama Einsiedeln to be financed on a solid basis long fabric, photographic replica, which will permit moving The panorama society at Einsiedeln/Switzerland plans to panorama performances for the first time in over a cen- put the finances of the panorama on a solid base. They tury. The museum must now raise an equal amount of plan to have the panorama cross-financed by an apart- matching funds. ment building that is about to be erected beside the pano- Painted in 1851, the painting depicts scenes from John rama rotunda. The income from these apartments will help Bunyan’s epic Pilgrim’s Progress. Originally entitled Bun- to ensure the panorama remaining open for the next dec- yan’s Tableaux, the panorama is one of the few moving ades. panoramas extant and among the best produced in the 19th The panorama of the Crucifixion of Christ was painted in century. The grant will also support an interactive video, 1962 by Hans Wulz and Josef Fastl after an original pic- complete with music and narration. ture of 1893 which was destroyed by fire in 1960: Some IPC members will remember hearing about the pano- www.panorama-einsiedeln.ch rama’s 1997 rediscovery at the 2004 New York conference. Many joined the post conference tour to see the panorama on exhibition in Saco, Maine. Information on Bachelder's panorama of Milton's At the 15th IPC Conference at Yale University in 2007 'Paradise Lost'? member Peter Morelli informally showed a large scale fabric Dr. Brian Opie of the School of English, Film, Theatre and replica of a few scenes of the panorama.