Comments on BLANK NOISE: SOLPA SMILE PLEASE!

I am getting abused when i saw a peole laughing wi...

2009-10-06T16:03:17.301+05:30

I am getting abused when i saw a peole laughing without any reason and they are smiling continuously.
They all are looking stupid. This is my personal opinion if someone does not like but this is a fact.

well. we're not saying one bangalore needs to ...

2009-10-02T23:58:17.963+05:30

well. we're not saying one bangalore needs to be another place- that's not the kind of thing we are standing for either. in this case it was only to see just what would happen if we smiled. it is cultural ofcourse; that in usa most people smile and exchange greetings but that's it. it doesnt extend itself, its just normal in that context. i wonder what it would be like for instance if in the us strangers started to exchange food? now that would be challenging in that context. right?

It is so unlike US or other countries where everyb...

2009-10-02T07:32:17.819+05:30

It is so unlike US or other countries where everybody exchanges smile. When will our Namma Bengaluru change? Swalpa smile maadi ...

wow this happened long time back! i really wish i ...

2009-10-02T05:00:53.991+05:30

wow this happened long time back! i really wish i couldve been a part of this
ive tried walking with a smile on the street..and personally its quite an experience.,if ure willing to overlook the part where ppl give the "are u nuts?" stare.
keep that chin up ( :
great post! thanks for this! i feel very encouraged.

This is a really interesting experiment.... I grew...

2009-09-30T17:29:30.157+05:30

This is a really interesting experiment.... I grew up in the U.S., where smiling at strangers on the street is more common.. as is making small talk with strangers in stores, etc... without any other meaning taken (most of the time, sometimes it could be flirting too!)

Then I lived in India for a year, and I had to learn the "right way" to behave in public... since I am a women, this resulted in my going from looking around, smiling at people, saying hello, etc in the U.S. to staring at the ground or my feet in public in India, crossing my arms, giving people scowls or staring hard when they were rude, but never ever smiling. I wrote in my journal, how living in India (Jaipur, specifically) made me suddenly be very away of all the cracks, potholes, and sewege canals, but at the same time I could not do what I had grown up being used to doing, looking around and taking in the world, enjoying people and places, instead I had to think about making myself look hard, angry, and uninviting for the sake of the "audience", the people walking in public with me.

We weren't surprised at being picked by random...

2009-09-30T00:42:38.300+05:30

We weren't surprised at being picked by random men at all.
But we took the experiment as a platform to see what comes out of smiling, at anyone and everyone.
What is a 'slutty smile'?
What is a 'creepy smile'?
Why do we tag a stranger male smiling at a stranger female'bad'?

hey there sou. majestic is a place shared by many...

2009-09-29T23:39:16.834+05:30

hey there sou. majestic is a place shared by many many many people; ranging from sex workers to people like you and me. it is a transit point for some, a place of occupation and work for others, maybe home for someone else.

hi anon. thank you for the information. the team ...

2009-09-28T23:18:21.502+05:30

hi anon. thank you for the information.
the team wasn't surprised by the outcome ; the question was ' what would happen to the dynamics of a place if strangers were to smile?'
ofcourse the team encountered sex workers and learnt a thing or two about ways of smiling, non verbal communication, tone of smiling, eye contact and smiling etc.

So if you smile... at majestic "which is a se...

2009-09-28T22:44:58.015+05:30

So if you smile... at majestic "which is a sex-workers heaven", you are either:

1. from out of town
2. up to no good
3. inviting (good / bad or just attention)
4. a sex-worker

what ever happened to secret option 5. a happy person who wants to smile at the world !!

awesome experiment, i'm sure the experience was rich. would love to do a version of this.

Hey Guys For Your Very Best Information DO u know...

2009-09-28T21:33:32.655+05:30

Hey Guys
For Your Very Best Information DO u know that The place u had chosen is an already sex-workers heaven so don't be surprised by the out comes