How Can First Impressions Mislead Us?
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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"This is my art. I strive for authenticity, even if it comes in a shape that we might not usually expect" — Hetain Patel
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Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Playing With Perceptions.
About Hetain Patel's TED Talk
Artist Hetain Patel toys with race, identity, language and accent — and challenges us to think beyond surface appearances.
About Hetain Patel
As a child, Hetain Patel wanted to be like Spider-Man or Bruce Lee. Later, he aimed to be like his father, who embodied a different kind of bravery.
As a conceptual artist, Patel has used photography, sculpture, installation and performance to challenge cultural identity and ask the question: What determines our identities?
For his work, he has grown a mustache exactly like the one his father wore when he emigrated from India to the United Kingdom in the 1960s, and remixed the practice of henna tattooing to incorporate English words and comic books.
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