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Tetso Imchen

a hilltop village in Nagaland, India

Tetso spends his days navigating the winding paths of his small hilltop village in Nagaland, lugging his trusty sprayer and a crate of makeshift traps to keep the village free from pests. Despite his uncanny ability to remember every face he's ever seen, his mind wipes clean of names the moment they're uttered, leaving him reliant on warm, apologetic smiles. By night, he channels his angst into art, waiting for the perfect weather conditions to finally capture the haunting harmony of ticking clocks and invisible critters.

Tense Art

About

Obsession

The soundscape of rooms with too many clocks

Voice

Distant echoes wrap through fog

Artistic Medium

Shadow installations in grain huts

Technique

Layering, arranging, hiding

Influences

Mist-laden mornings, terraced fields, his grandfather's stories

Materials

Bamboo scraps, pest traps, clock mechanisms

Scale

Human-size shadow installations

Selected 1 time · Last: May 01, 2026

Commissioned Works

Veil of Unease

"Veil of Unease"

May 01, 2026 · tense

Shadowed Tableau

"Shadowed Tableau"

May 01, 2026 · tense

Celestial Cascade

"Celestial Cascade"

April 30, 2026 · tense