I Never Ask For It - Exhibit

Blank Noise has been building testimonies of clothing to end sexual and gender based violence since 2004. Exhibit sites include college campuses including Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology, Grinnel College USA, city streets including Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Ars Electronica, Linz Austria (2005) , Kitab Mahal, Mumbai (2006) , Mueller Bhavan/ Goethe Institute (2007 and 2016), India Habitat Center (2007), Abrons Art Center, New York ( 2017), Ford Foundation Gallery (2019).

Towards the right to be defenceless #INeverAskforIt

I Never Ask For It was shared as part of Ford Foundation Gallery’s inaugural exhibit, Perilous Bodies. The show was curated by Jaishri Abichandani (June 2019).

ABRONS ART CENTER , NEW YORK WITH SAWCC , Archival Alchemy (2017)
curated by Saisha Grayson.
photo credit: Steven link to exhibit

Goethe Institute Bangalore (2007)

KITAB MAHAL, Mumbai #INeverAskForIt (2006)

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Ars Electronica, 2005 with the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

2005 - ongoing

I Never Ask For It Exhibition in association with Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. At Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2005.

Kitab Mahal, Mumbai, 2006

I Never Ask For It, exhibit. Max Mueller Bhavan, Goethe Institute, Bangalore, 2007

Action Heroes Annie Zaidi, Paige Trabulsi, Marjorie Barboza, Laura Neuhas, Dev Sukumar, Kunal Ashok, Tharunya Balan, Surabhi Kukke, Nazia Masood, Abigail Crisman. Sowmya Chandrashekhar, Chitra Badrinarayan.

Kitab Mahal, Mumbai, 2006

(2006) Action Heroes Annie Zaidi, Abigail Crisman, Shveta , Navina Swapnabh

I Never Ask For It Garment Installation, 2009

Photo Credit : Kiran Jonalgadda

I Never Ask For It, street intervention, Bangalore. (2009)
Action Heroes Farya Lokhanwala and team

I Never Ask For It Call To Action, 2008

I Never Ask For It, street intervention, Kolkata (2009)

Action Hero Shruti Agrawal

I Never Ask For It, street intervention, Kolkata (2009)
Action Hero Priyanka

I Never Ask For It street intervention, Bangalore (2009)
Action Heroes Farya Lokhanwala

I Never Ask For It Street Intervention, Bangalore, 2009

I Never Ask For It Street Intervention, Bangalore , 2009

I Never Ask For It Facebook Intervention, 2010.

Designed by Tanvee Nabar, Neha Bhat and team, students of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India.

I Never Ask For It Meet, India , 2010

I Never Ask For It Online Action on Twitter, 2010

I Never Ask For It @ Ignite, Netherlands, 2013

I Never Ask For It Action Hero Campus pilot programme, with students of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2013

I Never Ask For It Workshop @ Tibetan Women's Association, Mcleodganj, 2014

I Never Ask For It Online Action, 2015

Workshop @ Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2015

I Never Ask For It Week @ Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, 2016

I Never Ask For It Week @ Max Mueller Bhavan, 2016

I Never Ask For It Listening Circle @ Studio XX, Montreal, 2017

Abrons Art Center, New York, 2017

I Never Ask For It Talk @ Concordia University, 2017

I Never Ask For It Talk @ Concordia University, 2018

I Never Ask For It Talk @ Grinnell University, 2018

I Never Ask For It Campus Intervention at Grinnell University, 2018

I Never Ask For It Workshop @ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2014

I Never Ask For It Street Intervention, Bangalore, 2017

I Never Ask For It Walk Towards Healing, Bangalore , 2018

I Never Ask For It has also been shared at the India Habitat Center in 2006, in association with PSBT. The installation was built by Delhi Action Heroes, Blank Noise.

I Never Ask For It garments have been part of several protests and movements led by feminist collectives and organisations. In 2012, a component of One Billion Rising Kolkata walked the streets with garment testimonials. Delhi Action Sheroes collaborated with One Billion Rising Delhi and installed garments there. For more on this space, view street interventions.