International Award For Public Art 2015

Yelahanka Action Heroes building the 'Safest Lane' (Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology)

We are really pleased to share that our project ' Talk To Me ' was the recipient of the International Award For Public Art , 2015!

The IAPA has been established by Forecast Public Art along with Shanghai University's College of Fine Arts.

Jurors for IAPA 2015 :  Rhana Devenport (New Zealand), Wang Dawei (China), Ute Metea Bauer (Singapore), Jay Pather (South Africa), Bill Kelley, Jr. (U.S.A.), Chelsea Haines (U.S.A.), and Pooja Sood (India

The award ceremony took place on July 1st, 2015,  in Auckland, during the conference, Cities in a Climate of Change. IAPA co hosted by University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts, Shandong University of Art and Design.

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Blank Noise has been hand made, by so many of you, across histories and geographies. 
To every Action Hero who stepped in and has built this place. 
Here's celebrating you with this award.

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Thank you Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology for hosting and supporting Blank Noise over the years. We started our as a student project at Srishti in 2003, and have been housed there since 2013 as artists in residence.

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Thank you Leon Tan, for researching our project for IAPA.

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Thank you Sarah Goodyear for writing this piece when we first published 'Talk To Me'
Your writing connected this idea with so many more Action Heroes globally.

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Thank you IDEO.ORG for the ongoing work towards building the 'Talk To Me' tool kit.

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Talk To Me : Location

If you were invited to build Talk To Me , which space would you chose to do it in and why?

link event report

TALK TO ME # 3

Action Hero Kunal Kiran w Action Hero Vikas Jaiswal Park Street

Action Hero Shabaz w Action Hero Sangeeta Park Street

Action Hero Leena Kejriwal w Action Hero Sandeep Munshiganj

Action Hero Uma and Action Hero Manoj Singh Munshiganj

Action Hero Piu Di w Action Hero Jasmeen Patheja Location: Munshiganj

Action Hero Manoj Singh w Action Hero Uma Dasgupta Location Munshiganj

Action Hero Manoj Singh w Action Hero Uma Dasgupta Location: Munshiganj

Action Hero Anuja w Action Hero Shabnam Location Munshiganj

Dear Stranger, Talk To Me. We haven't had a chance to get to know each other.  Let's have tea, a samosa and talk over the next hour. We may not remain strangers after this. We could talk about anything; our dreams, hope, fears. Our conversation will not be recorded but we will be photographed.  You can keep your identity confidential if you prefer to. We would of course like to have your name and details for our record, however we will respect  your decision to share or not share your details. We are Action Heroes; citizens committed to building safe cities. Yours truly, Action Hero Two strangers were brought together to have an hour long conversation about anything except sexual violence. The strangers, now Action Heroes did not decide or plan the nature of the conversation, nor could anyone chose who would sit in front of them. *This blog post will be edited, revised and updated in the next few hours City: Kolkata Date: 12/1/ 2013 Location 1.  Munshiganj  : 4 pm- 6 pm  Location 2 . Park Street :   6 30- 8 30 pm In association with Apne Aap, Mudar Pathreya, Eina Ahluwalia We fixed upon the 2 locations for the following reasons. Location 1 was Munshiganj, is a red light area where the Apne Aap office is located. This was our first intervention in a red light area and co created by individuals/ action heroes from the community itself. Location 2 was Park Street. Chosen for being neutral and familiar to the middle class english speaking Calcuttan. It was our first 'Talk To Me' in Calcutta/ Kolkata ; most certainly a starting point to iterate from. Participating Kolkata Action Heroes include: Of team Apne Aap-  Anuja Bhojnagarwala , Sudipta Dasgupta, Sahana Dasgupta, SK Fazul, Uma Das, Rachna, Anwari, Jhaji,  Swapnil Mukherjee, Hindol Dutta, Aruna Singh. Mohua Das ( Telegraph reporter) Prachi Saraogi Sangeeta Shabaz Philip Kunal Kiran Shabnam Piu Di Jasmeen Patheja Sandeep Leena Kejriwal Manoj Singh Mudar Pathreya Ayesha Begum Vikas Jaiswal This is the third Talk To Me event. Talk To Me, 1 with Srishti School of Art Design and Technology Talk To Me 2 with JNU More about Talk To Me here photographer- Jasmeen Patheja Talk To Me # 3 , in Kolkata on January 12th was funded by Apne Aap.

Talk To Me # 2

Talk To Me # 2

Talk To Me #2 , Action Hero Yamini Deen

Talk To Me # 2. Vasant Vihar. New Delhi

Action Hero Bhamati Sivapalan w Action Hero ___

Action Hero Jasmeen Patheja with Action Hero ____

Action Hero Yamini Deen

Action Hero Anubhav Pradhan

Action Hero Maria Del Rio Action Hero Inder Salim Talk To Me

In association with JNU school of Arts and Aesthetics, New Delhi
Professor Kavita Singh, Susan Hapgood
Curatorial Team at JNU:
Arnika Ahldag, Mansi Dhiman, Komal Pande, John Xavier, Jyothidas KV, Aditi Gupta, Dilip Kumar Malik, Shivani Kaul, Shaheen Ahmed, Shobha Gopal

Talk To Me - Action Heroes include:

Maria Del Rio, Yamini Deen, Anubhav Pradhan, Inder Salim, Bhamati Sivapalan, Raju , Vibhuti Sharma,

photo credits: Chandan Ahuja, Varun Mathur, Jasmeen Patheja