The Musical Landscapes and the Goddesses of Music is an exhibition presenting advances in interactive art through an exploration of the science, art and spirituality of Music, and its reflections in the Goddess images across Asian cultures. Through a collection of interactive exhibits employing new musical synthesis based on traditional grammar, interactive multimedia installations and recordings of performances by masters, the project allows viewers to enter the world of sound, musical landscapes, and its cultural and spiritual aesthetics. 

Ranjit Makkuni a musician, artist, multimedia researcher, and designer, and is the director of the Sacred World Research Laboratory where he leads research in culturally reflective computing and design. Prior to this, Makkuni spent nearly two decades at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where he pioneered multimedia computing interfaces and learning applications.

Ranjit Makkuni is an international multimedia artist and designer, the director of the design think tank, the Sacred World Research Laboratory. His multidimensional, multimedia museum works are intersections between traditional and modern art, design and technology, such that the results help both traditional and modern cultures. They are intended to show that the wisdom of traditional communities can positively negate the homogenizing influences of modern technology; and that the intelligence, creativity and sense of freedom afforded by modern design and technology can reciprocally help traditional artists. His major works are several museum projects: Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, Planet Health Museum, The Goddess and Temples of Music, and The Crossing: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras. www.sacredworld.info www.ranjitmakkuni.com