In 2009, Kapoor became the first Guest Artistic Director of Brighton Festival. Kapoor installed four sculptures during the festival: "Sky Mirror" at Brighton Pavilion gardens; "C-Curve" at The Chattri, "Blood Relations" (a collaboration with author Salman Rushdie); and "1000 Names", both at the Fabrica Gallery. He also created a large site-specific work titled "The Dismemberment of Jeanne d’Arc" and a performance-based installation: "Imagined Monochrome". The public response was so overwhelming that police had to re-divert traffic around "C Curve" at the Chattri and exercise crowd control.