The Padorama: simulating the journey by train from Manchester to Liverpool in 1834
In the summer of 1834 a moving panorama depicting the recently opened Liverpool and Manchester Railway was shown in London. This presentation attempts to recreate aspects of the show based on the information available from published sources.
The presentation will depict the proposed location of the panorama performance and the consequent affordances and constraints. The possible component parts of the performance will be detailed and a theatre suitable for its display rezzed on stage. A brief presentation of images from the booklet accompanying the original panorama will then be displayed in moving format together with additional static and moving objects to illustrate features that made this panorama show unusual for its time.
