Explore the World’s Largest Digital Image: 1.6 Trillion Pixels (Pier 17)
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Swissnex | Pier 17, The Embarcadero #800, San Francisco, CA 94111
Free / RSVP
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Experience the Terapixel Panorama with all your senses during the opening night, and explore the history and future of art pieces.
The Terapixel Panorama is the 1.6-trillion-pixel digital twin of the 19th-century Murten Panorama painting, created by the EPFL Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) in Switzerland to be the largest digital image of a physical object ever made.
Launched in 2025, the project used a Phase One 150MP camera to capture over 27,000 images, which were then stitched together to create an immersive, ultra-high-resolution viewing experience online and in physical installations.
Opening Night: Immerse Yourself in the World’s Largest Digital Artwork
Monday, November 3, 2025 | 6pm – 8pm
Swissnex, Pier 17, The Embarcadero #800, SF
FREE – RSVP Required
Beyond a feat of technology, it exposes the delicate balance between preservation and impermanence. Once hidden in storage, the monumental canvas now resurfaces through conservation, scanning, and sensory augmentation—inviting us to explore not only detail and context, but also the layers of history, memory, and fragility embedded in the work.
Sarah Kenderdine and Sara Velas will explore the history and future of panoramas—from their 19th-century role as immersive storytelling media to their reinvention in digital form today—and discuss how these vast images continue to shape the ways we experience memory, place, and history.
Join us for the opening night of the exhibition and experience the Terapixel Panorama with all your senses.
Program
- 6:00pm – Doors open
- 6:30pm – Welcome
- 6:40pm – “Panorama: An Interface for Spectral Immersion” by Sara Velas, Artistic Director of the Velaslavasay Panorama
- 6:50pm – “The Panoramic Imaginary” by Sarah Kenderdine, Terapixel Panorama Project Leader, Professor, Laboratory For Experimental Museology, EPFL
- 7:30pm – Guided tours of the exhibition and Reception
- 8:30pm – Event ends
Speakers:
- Prof. Sarah Kenderdine, Lead Laboratory for Experimental Museology at EPFL
- Sara Velas, Director & Founder, Velaslavasay Panorama
About Swissnex in San Francisco
Swissnex in San Francisco is an initiative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). Our vision at Swissnex in San Francisco is to connect tomorrow by empowering the next generation of innovators to collaborate and create futures where the planet and society thrive.
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Cost: FREE*
