Public Delivery goes East: Golden balloons in Central Asia & beyond

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Intro

We are closing off 2018 with a selection of recent performances from our Silence Was Golden 1 project. These golden balloons were blown up loosely around the Silk Road, including some of the most remote locations in Central Asia, such as the desert 2 of Turkmenistan and other rugged and sparsely populated spots in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Up until now, Silence Was Golden was performed 382 times in 288 cities in 95 countries.

Get in touch 3 if you like to be involved.

See you in 2019!

Kazakhstan

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Sea (#348), Astana International Airport, Astana
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Walk (#370), Zenkov Cathedral in Panfilov Park, Almaty
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Fan (#373), Bayterek Tower, Astana

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, Xiva - Silk (#361), Silence Was Golden, gold balloons
1 Silk (#361), Kalta Minor, Xiva, Uzbekistan
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Road (#362), Poi Kalon, Buxoro
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Fairy (#363), Registan, Samarqand

Tajikistan

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Wild (#369), Sarigon

Kyrgyzstan

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Wow (#367), Skazka Canyon, Tosor, Issyk-Kul
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Out (#366), Western Bus Station, Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan, Töö Ashuu - 2018 (#365)
2 2018 (#365), Töö Ashuu pass, Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan

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Respect, Fatima Jinnah Park, Islamabad
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Trees (#353), Fatima Jinnah Park, Islamabad

Romania

Romania, Bucharest - Sport (#376), Silence Was Golden, gold balloons
3 Sport, (#376), Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
4 Joyful (#339), Constanța Casino, Constanța

Armenia

5 Half (#368), Musaler Restaurant, Yerevan

Turkmenistan

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I am (#360), Desert in Yerbent, Ahal

Moldova

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Only (#377), Dino Park, Chișinău

All images by Public Delivery/publicdelivery.org unless otherwise noted.

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Footnotes

1. https://publicdelivery.org/silence-was-golden/
2. https://publicdelivery.org/tag/desert/
3. https://publicdelivery.org/about/
1. https://publicdelivery.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Uzbekistan-Xiva-Silk-361-Silence-Was-Golden-gold-balloons.jpg
2. https://publicdelivery.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Kyrgyzstan-Töö-Ashuu-2018-365-Silence-Was-Golden-gold-balloons.jpg
3. https://publicdelivery.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Romania-Bucharest-Sport-376.jpg
4. https://publicdelivery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Romania-Constanta-Joyful-Silence-Was-Golden-golden-balloons-scaled.jpg
5. https://publicdelivery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Armenia-Yerevan-Half-Silence-Was-Golden-Gold-balloons-scaled.jpg