Wednesday, May 29, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Location:
Asia Bookroom
Unit 2, 1 -3 Lawry Place
Macquarie (adjacent to Jamison Shopping Centre)

RSVP by 5.30pm on Tuesday May 28th to 62515191 or books@asiabookroom.com

Entry by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

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Join us at Asia Bookroom on Wednesday the 29th of May at 6.00pm, when author Marnie Feneley will discuss her latest book: 

Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor’s West Mebon Viִsִnu

Framed with a useful update on the latest archaeological and historical insights into the history of the Angkor World Heritage Site, the new understanding of the West Mebon Visnu sculpture presented in this book reorients our understanding of religious and political change in Angkor in the 12th century. Highly illustrated, the book will be of interest to art historians and curators, historians of Southeast Asia, and anyone curious about the art and history of Angkor.

Marnie Feneley specialises in Southeast Asian Archaeology, Art History and Religion, and is Honorary Lecturer of Asian Studies at the University of NSW and President of the Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars. Marnie uses digital visualisation technologies for the preservation and interpretation of important cultural heritage sites, and sculpture. She is a pioneer in the use of 3D immersive reconstructions of Southeast Asian temples and sculpture.