Blank Noise

The right to live free from fear & defenceless.

methodologies to end gender-based violence
and victim blame through social engagement.

 
 

Hot News/ Taaza Samachar (2003)
Video performance

Flower installation : 11 Rapists Were Garlanded in Our Country (2023)
For and with Bilkis.

 
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Jasmeen Patheja has been designing interventions which mobilise women, individuals and community to confront fear . With the intervention, Meet To Sleep ,  Patheja works to make trust  a priority.  Patheja , Blank Noise Action Sheroes and feminist allies, assert the right to live defenceless, and free from fear. 

Step By Step Guide To Unapologetic Walking (2008) The poem was written , inspired by the responses of various 'Action Heroes', who reported affirmative shifts after participating in Blank Noise Actions.

 
 

Jasmeen Patheja is the founder director of Blank Noise. She conceptualises and designs interventions for public participation, towards affecting a collective conscience in response to sexual and gender based violence. 
learn more about Blank Noise here

Select projects listed below.

 
 

Jasmeen Patheja has been iterating and developing the I Never Ask For It project since 2004. The decade of iterations, involve a series of projects across media , that have triggered discourse on rape culture and blame.  All of I Never Ask For It has been built on the lived experiences of those who have participated.  Read more here

Akeli Awaara Azaad means to be Alone, Unattached and Free.