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Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain presents the story, context and new restoration of Cleveland's Krishna. The exhibition transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and illustrates the history of the sculpture, spanning 1,500 years and three continents In this image:Angelina Jolie visits Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan in the CMA's objects conservation lab with director William M. Griswold and Sonya Rhie Mace, George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art. Photo: Loung Ung, 2019. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Prototype of "Journey to Phnom Da." The immersive panoramic footage and soundscape captured via boat and drone takes visitors through the canals of southern Cambodia. Photo: The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Chief digital information officer Jane Alexander (left) and curator Sonya Rhie Mace (right) viewing a "Journey" prototype in June 2021.

Digital rendering of "The Gods of Phnom Da." The digital gallery displays life-size 3-D models of the eight gods of Phnom Da, c. 600, with motion-activated animations exploring details and iconographic elements. Photo and digital rendering: The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The CMA creative team, Dome Collective, and the Farm 51 working on location at Angkor Borei in 2019

Digital rendering of a scene from "Gods of Phnom Da: Global Journeys." The immersive audio-video timeline traces the discovery and disposition of the eight gods of Phnom Da as affected by global events and the work of museums. Photo and digital rendering: The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Curator Sonya Rhie Mace (left) and Mark Griswold, faculty director at the Interactive Commons (right), viewing a test model of the Krishna statue's fragments through HoloLens 2.

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, c. 600. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da. Sandstone. (a) The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1973.106. At the time of its acquisition by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1973, h. 119 cm. Photo: Courtesy CMA Archives, 1973, negative 42719; (b) After the 1978-79 reconstruction, 202.7 (without 43 cm tenon) x 68 x 42.5 cm. Photo: The Cleveland Museum of Art; (c) Digital overlay of conjectural reconstruction with 3-D models of the sandstone pieces, 2021. Image rendering: Dale Utt; scans and photogrammetry: Konstanty Kulik and Michal Mierzejewski; (d) After 2020 restoration, 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm. Photo: The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The CMA team working on early prototypes of the "Journey" experience in March 2020.

Curator Sonya Rhie Mace (left) and author Loung Ung (right) in the studio recording narration for the immersive timeline. Angelina Jolie recorded her portion of the narration in Los Angeles.