BLANK NOISE

‘I Never Ask For It’ week begins with Action Hero Dialogues

Action Hero Vira Mistry

A Very Deliberate Manel: Examining Suspicion 

Hosted as part of the I Never Ask For It week, our first manel invited men to explore, understand, locate themselves within, and respond to the impact of fear and warnings; where on one side it creates an attitude of victim blame, and on another it also positions ‘all men’ as ‘suspect’. How do you feel about being suspect? How are you perpetuating it too, towards other men , in the name of protecting ‘your own’? Do you recognise it? Do you understand it? When you listen in, how do you chose to respond to it?

A Very Deliberate Manel brings men to step in , moving beyond solidarity in tackling sexual and gender based violence. A Very Deliberate Manel creates a space for listening informing/ being informed through personal memory and insight.  The event has no audience, only participants. The comprises 28 individuals, 21 men and 7 women. It is audio recorded.

The first manel was hosted at Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut. Bangalore the 27th September 2016 . Next A Very Deliberate Manel, scheduled for end Feb 2017. 

Hahaha Sangha with Yelahanka Action Heroes on 19th November 2016 .

Hahaha Sangha Action Heroes Sampige and Yashoda

Hahaha Sangha led by Action Heroes Neelamma, Vrushali, Jasmeen, 

“ I pledge to take the general compartment, not the ‘ladies only’. 

I want my entire city safe. ( not segregated women’s only pockets)

Workshop with students at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

What is sexual harassment?

Workshop with Tibetan Women’s Association

" Moments Of  A Long Pause "

2 channel video shot in Delhi, Kolkata, Agra, Ludhiana and Amritsar

Commissioned by Bronx Museum of Arts : Street Art, Street Life.

Thanks to Akademie Schloss Solitude

Year 2007