About

Established in 2024, BADHI is a joint effort among Australian and Indonesian academics who believe that current and future digital technology offers opportunities to improve the preservation and utilisation of Bali's cultural heritage for social good.

Team

BADHI is mainly led by the collaboration between the Embodied Visualisation Research Group (EmVis) at Monash University and the Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern Research Group (VVIP) at the Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha. In the Whyte Fund project (2024 - 2025), we collaborate with recordkeeping experts at the Digital Transformation Research Group (Monash University) and action research experts at the Action Lab (Monash University).

Main academics:

Kadek Ananta Satriadi

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Australia Lead

Made Windu Antara Kesiman

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Indonesia Lead

Bernhard Jenny

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Australia Co-Lead

Putu Hendra Saputra

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Indonesia Co-Lead

Thomas Chandler

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Australia Co-Lead

I Gede Mahendra Darmawiguna

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Indonesia Co-Lead
Projects' collaborators:
Whyte Fund Project (2024 - 2025)

Viviane Frings-Hessami

Digital Transformation

Monash University

Whyte Fund Project Collaborator

Joshua Seguin

Human-Centred Design Expert

Previously: Action Lab

Whyte Fund Project Collaborator
Research assistants:
Whyte Fund Project (2024 - 2025)

Kadek Teguh Dermawan

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Research Assistant Lead - Indonesia

I Putu Bayu Ananta Surya

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Research Assistant - Indonesia

Lanang Surya Darma

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Research Assistant - Indonesia

I Kadek Dwi Angga Sathya Nanda

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Research Assistant - Indonesia

I Gede Danan Aria Satwika Punia

Virtual Vision, Image, and Pattern

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Research Assistant- Indonesia

Anthony Wilson

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Research Assistant- Australia
Student projects:

Yaoying Huang

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Yaoying investigates machine learning models for effective transliteration of Balinese script written on lontar (Completed 2025).

Anthony Wilson

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Anthony designed an initial 3D Gaussian Splatting pipeline for temple reconstruction (Completed 2024).

Jaylen Navurunnage

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

Jaylen developed temple gallery using WebXR technology (Completed 2025).

MNET Students, led by Neharika Shimpiger and Richard

Embodied Visualisation

Monash University

MNET, through Neha, develops immersive temple viewer for Apple Vision Pro (Ongoing).

Special thanks to Ketut Wiryadana for creating our logo.