Among these, the most talked about is Pallavi Paul’s ‘Share Your Quiet’ project, where Paul questions whether silence can be measured. For this, she invited people in isolation to share 10-second bytes of silence. Pallavi states, “The first provocation for the project was the ‘Janta Curfew’ announced by our Prime Minister. As people clanged and banged utensils on their balconies — several important questions like the unavailability of PPE kits for doctors, anxiety, and suffering of daily wage workers and lack of testing facilities, were drowned out in the noise. I wanted to produce a space where the quietude of those who had withdrawn from this bullish display of public spirit, could be hosted. Here, quiet is a space of reflection, thought and churning not of tranquillity.”
