THE TERAPIXEL PANORAMA PROJECT

The Terapixel Panorama project, led by Prof. Sarah Kenderdine at EPFL's Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+), highlights a Swiss national icon: the Panorama de la Bataille de Morat (1893), a monumental 10×100-meter painting by German artist Louis Braun to commemorate the Swiss victory over Burgundy in 1476. The project preserves this 19th-century work digitally. Its digital twin, composed of 1.6 trillion pixels, is the largest image ever made of a physical object. Represented in a 360-degree immersive environment, the work is augmented by volumetric videos, 3D objects, motion capture, dynamic soundscapes and synthetic odors, offering a multisensory experience. Through exhibitions, an interactive website and educational resources, the project makes accessible the panoramic narrative of this seminal battle, fostering an inclusive dialogue on cultural memory, history and digital heritage as it approaches its 550th anniversary in 2026.

The teacher Sarah Kenderdine is a recognized authority in the field of interactive and immersive experiences for galleries, libraries, archives and museums. She is internationally recognized for having organized and created over 110 major exhibitions and installations, relying on 10 bespoke visualization systems setting benchmarks in the fields of virtual, mixed and augmented reality. Since 2017, she has been a professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where she heads the Laboratory of Experimental Museology (eM+). From 2017 to 2024, she was also Founding Director and Senior Curator of EPFL Pavilions, a flagship initiative amplifying the convergence between art, science and society.