ABOUT THE EVENT
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra will present on her publication, Veins of Influence, to share on her journey of developing the ‘veins of influence construct’, including on how early photographs of colonial Ceylon reveal networks of influence that mirror hidden interconnections underlying visible life – through over 450 early colonial era photographs, most published here for the first time.
By tracing how these images moved through collectors, institutions, and generations, the work uncovers subtle layers of memory, intention, and meaning. The session will consider photographs not merely as historical records, but as living artefacts whose evolving significance reflects the dynamic flow of human experience.
In doing so, we will explore how Veins of Influence invites a more expansive, spiritually attuned engagement with cultural heritage, perception, and the unseen forces shaping our shared history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
She read law at Cambridge University; LL.M. Columbia University Law School, and qualified as a Barrister and New York Attorney. She was the first Sri Lankan specialist to be appointed to the Tate Gallery (UK) Acquisitions Committee (SAAC) and has served on numerous judging panels including for the Commonwealth Arts Award and as a nominator for the Sovereign Art Prize and Aga Khan Architecture Awards. She is a Chevening Fellow and has held numerous visiting positions at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra’s (DSG) impact on cultural development has been defined by nearly three decades of cultural programming including exhibitions and scholarship, with notable focus on Sri Lanka. Through specific multi-disciplinary projects, including founding the cultural marquee the Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur, the Vision Culture Artist Residency Programme and the UNESCO Observatory endorsed Vision Culture Lectures, she has worked to bring into the global creative discourse, the creative practises and histories of understudied regions. She has pioneered exhibitions of Sri Lankan art in Malaysia, the USA and UK, most recently ‘Image & Identity, (Early colonial photography)’ at the Museum of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
SECURE A COPY
Special advance sale of 20 signed books, (US$40 prepayment) for collection at event or from Bethesda thereafter.
Contact:
sganendra@gmail.com by March 29 please.
Bookstores:
UK: Daunt Books (Marylebone) & online: https://dauntbooks.co.uk/veins-of-influence/
Online: Publisher Neptune Publications Pvt Ltd.: https://www.veinsofinfluence.com/
ABOUT THE EVENT
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra will present on her publication, Veins of Influence, to share on her journey of developing the ‘veins of influence construct’, including on how early photographs of colonial Ceylon reveal networks of influence that mirror hidden interconnections underlying visible life – through over 450 early colonial era photographs, most published here for the first time.
By tracing how these images moved through collectors, institutions, and generations, the work uncovers subtle layers of memory, intention, and meaning. The session will consider photographs not merely as historical records, but as living artefacts whose evolving significance reflects the dynamic flow of human experience.
In doing so, we will explore how Veins of Influence invites a more expansive, spiritually attuned engagement with cultural heritage, perception, and the unseen forces shaping our shared history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra’s (DSG) impact on cultural development has been defined by nearly three decades of cultural programming including exhibitions and scholarship, with notable focus on Sri Lanka. Through specific multi-disciplinary projects, including founding the cultural marquee the Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur, the Vision Culture Artist Residency Programme and the UNESCO Observatory endorsed Vision Culture Lectures, she has worked to bring into the global creative discourse, the creative practises and histories of understudied regions. She has pioneered exhibitions of Sri Lankan art in Malaysia, the USA and UK, most recently ‘Image & Identity, (Early colonial photography)’ at the Museum of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
She read law at Cambridge University; has an LL.M. Columbia University Law School, and qualified as a Barrister and New York Attorney. She was the first Sri Lankan specialist to be appointed to the Tate Gallery (UK) Acquisitions Committee (SAAC) and has served on numerous judging panels including for the Commonwealth Arts Award and as a nominator for the Sovereign Art Prize and Aga Khan Architecture Awards. She is a Chevening Fellow and has held numerous visiting positions at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
SECURE A COPY
Special advance sale of 20 signed books, (US$40 prepayment) for collection at event or from Bethesda thereafter.
Contact:
sganendra@gmail.com by March 29 please.
Bookstores:
UK: Daunt Books (Marylebone) & online: https://dauntbooks.co.uk/veins-of-influence/
Online: Publisher Neptune Publications Pvt Ltd.: https://www.veinsofinfluence.com/
