London Programme

London Meetings Programme Autumn 2023

  • Saturday September 2nd: Outing

Contact: Girish Patel  07790 161366  london@stereoscopicsociety.org.uk

Visit to Watts Gallery:
 -Artists’ Village, Down Lane, Compton nr. Guilford, Surrey, GU3 1DQ

Exhibition: Victorian Virtual Reality (to 25th Feb ‘24), a selection of more than 150 images from Sir Brian May’s collection.   Including his first ever stereo image. 3D viewers provided

Lunch at Tea Shop

Admission Adult £13.50 (£14.95 GiftAid)   Reduced rates for English Heritage members, Historic Houses Members and other organisations. See their website for concessions      www.wattsgallery.org.uk

Travel: Guildford Rail station is a 10 minute car or bus ride from the Gallery. # 46 bus leaves at 09:20, 10:20, 11:20 etc from the station

Meet: 10:45 at the Gallery                                                                                               Please email Girish if you plan to attend.

  • Saturday October 14th                                                      Host: Mike Hillyard

A selection of AV shows drawn from several sources including the Annual Convention programme.

Starting with a Royal Theme: Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral and King Charles III Coronation. (Shows created from 2D images)

A Selection of highlight shows from the Harrogate Convention.  Including: My Dream; Fractal Animation; Vltava;   Swiss Club Theme ‘2020’

Two of the ISU Club Online Digital Exchange (CODE) shows

Use of AI in creating 3D shows: AV show by Nino Trentinella

  • Saturday November 18th:                                                   Host: Helen Bovill
  1. Sir Brian May’s video of his acceptance of Patron status– Introduction by Helen and showing of the video.
  2. Life and Times of a Victorian Country Doctor. 2D & 3D Presentation by Peter Flower, grandson of our early-president Dr W. R. Grove who’s delightful images cover pre-war life in UK and Europe.
  3. The AV-5 entries at the 2023 Harrogate Convention. Projection of the 10 shows created by members of the Society and entered in the Friday night audience-judged competition for AV shows of less than 5 minutes duration.
  • Saturday December 9th:   Christmas Special        Host:  Colin Metherell

A. A Digital images competition, judged by the audience. Open to all members of the Society. Entries accepted even if you are not attending. Please send 3 digital images as soon as possible and not later than December 1st, to m_j_hillyard@yahoo.co.uk. Image title should be in the format Name_ImageTitle_1, Name_ImageName_2, Name_imageTitle_3.
SBS JPEG preferred, with no black borders.

B. Social and Table Top Displays
Please bring anything 3D related for table top displays/workshops, prints and portable viewing devices etc. to show others. There will be a longer than usual interval in order to imbibe some festive refreshments; donations gratefully accepted.

2024:  We hope to hold meetings on the second Saturday in the month:

  • January: Themed meeting; February: Show & Tell; March: Spring Surprise; April: Annual Exhibition