Publication Details Hardback and soft cover editions with gold leaf printed cover. A4 size (landscape) with13 colour images including original graphics maps, illustrations and schematic drawings of Buddhist architecture. Original images from primary ‘Atlas’ research that have never been published before. 20 colour fold-out landscape images of Buddhist temples, 15 colour images of Buddhist caves taken on field trips and a curated selection of 19 photogrammetric models.
Author and/or Editor name/s Dr Marnie Feneley with contribitions by Prof. Sarah Kenderdine and Prof. Jeffrey Shaw
Author and/or Editor bio/s Dr. Marnie Feneley (UNSW), Prof. Sarah Kenderdine ( EPFL Lausanne) and Jeffrey Shaw ( Hong Kong City U) are pioneers in the use of immersive visualisation and experimental digital technologies for the preservation and interpretation of important cultural heritage sites, and sculpture. The research for the ‘Atlas of Maritime Buddhism “ an ARC linkage grant project began in 2016 and culminated in 2021 in this exhibition in Hong Kong. It includes in-depth studies on the art and archaeology of Buddhist sites indicating the maritime transmission of Buddhism from India to China in the early centuries CE to the 15th century.
Prof. Sarah Kenderdine is the curator of the digital immersive exhibitions and the author of the panoramic photographs and author of the essay ( The Atlas of Maritime Buddhism Research project pp 36).
Prof. Jeffrey Shaw is the curator of the digital immersive installations for the exhibition and exhibition design.
Year of publication 2021
Publisher City University of Hong Kong
Abstract Curated by art historians and digital cultural-heritage pioneers Dr. Marnie Feneley, Prof. Sarah Kenderdine and Prof. Jeffrey Shaw the Atlas of Maritime Buddhism exhibition (on display at Hong Kong City University), develops ground-breaking Australian research using frontier technologies. The project drives innovation in museum interpretation for future digital experiences. The exhibition integrates a unique heritage dataset which has accumulated historic evidence for the spread of Buddhism from India to China and Japan through the seaports of Southeast Asia to East Asia. Included in the display is a selection of Chinese sculpture curated by Dr. Marnie Feneley, juxtaposing digital photogrammetric models of sculptures from major museums of Asia with important sculptures from the collections of Hong Kong. The research material gathered over years for this exhibition is a testament to the way Buddhism has flourished for many centuries. Covering thousands of important Buddhist sites, the Atlas of Maritime Buddhism maps these treasured monuments and sublime architectures of South, Southeast, and Eastern Asia. The spread of Buddhist practices, art, philosophy and architecture via maritime routes from the Ganges Basin in India to East and Inner Asia, in the formative centuries of the Common Era, is a crucial part of world history. Entrepôts and riverine sites played a major role in the expansion of Buddhism beyond the shores of India. The narrative of this exhibition is the way Buddhism travelled these maritime routes that flowed from India to Southeast Asia and East Asia, an early international multicultural trade network.
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