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Photograph of a large video wall of nine screen panels showing live feeds of groups seated during a satsang. Panels are labelled with printed signs reading SINGAPORE, PURI, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, PENANG, MALAYSIA and SUNGAI PETANI MALAYSIA. Participants sit on the floor in white and colourful clothing, some with oil lamps, flowers and offerings before them. The bottom-right panel shows a figure seated on an ornate golden throne with a saffron-orange robe, long hair swept back, a crown-like headdress and beaded necklaces, smiling, with an arch behind him. Screen-displayed people are not counted as physical people.

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September 23 20112011-09-23December 11 20112011-12-11November 16 20112011-11-16April 13 20132013-04-13 +1 copiesA projected multi-panel collage of live video feeds from several satsang centres, shown on a screen in a dim room. The top-left panel shows a man in saffron and yellow robes with a yellow head covering, seated on an ornate red-and-gold throne, with a deity image visible at lower left; its figure appears on a screen and is an uncertain candidate for the a person depiction. Other panels show groups seated on mats and floors in Singapore, Guadeloupe, Ohio/Prayag, Malaysia (Palani) with a decorated deity altar, and Seattle (Chidambaram) with devotees in white and orange seated in front of altars and a small brass lamp. A few panels show decorated deity shrines with garlands, flowers, and oil lamps. The collage is a graphic of live feeds, so no physical people are counted in the photo beyond the screen content.2011-09-01December 18 20112011-12-18A large screen shows a grid of video-call tiles for a satsang, with labelled windows reading Malaysia Palani, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Ohio Center and Seattle Chidambaram. Tiles show people seated on mats performing puja with oil lamps, a brass thali, flowers and kalasha-like vessels, and a man in white and orange seated before a red-draped altar. In the bottom-right tile a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a gold-decorated backdrop, the screen content being the satsang broadcast. The photograph is of the screen, so the people on it are not physically present.2013-04-09September 10 20112011-09-10October 07 20122012-10-07 +1 copiesA projected screen shows a multi-panel collage of video feeds from different locations, making this a graphic. The top-left panel shows a smiling man in an orange-yellow turban and orange robe with rudraksha beads and a red cushioned seat, with a small image in the corner. Top-right shows two seated figures in orange on a patterned mat with a label reading SINGAPORE. Middle panels show groups of people seated on mats in front of decorated altars, labelled GUADELOUPE, TOHOKU PRAYAG, and MALAYSIA PALANI; a panel at right shows a red-and-gold ornate deity arch with figures. Lower panels show devotees in white seated before shrines, and a deity arch with people in white clothes labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM. A bottom-right overlay shows a Found search bar.2011-09-01August 16 20142014-08-16September 07 20112011-09-07