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TEDIndia 2009

November 2009

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Art of substance and absence

Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal -- or conceal -- what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.

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Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal -- or conceal -- what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Alwar Balasubramaniam

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Sculptor, painter and printmaker Alwar Balasubramaniam makes work that crosses the boundary between art, perception and life.