Indian Artist Neha Choksi, Explores Absence Through Presence

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Sei Chong

A still frame from Neha Choksi’s film "Iceboat," in which she rows a boat she crafted from ice, until it melts.

INDIA---For many artists, the creative process is about making something from nothing. But Neha Choksi seeks to do just the opposite: to make nothing out of something. “How do you form nothing? How do you perform absence?” Ms. Choksi, 39, said in an interview at her home in Mumbai. “These are all repeating questions.” To demonstrate absence in her art, Ms. Choksi remains very much present. In the name of her work, she has lost consciousness, fallen silent for 10 days and submerged herself in a lake. [link]