Billboard Series
Billboard Series is a on-going long-term art in public space project in Ghent, Belgium. Initiated by artlead in 2015, Billboard Series is a sequence of site-specific art commissions, occupying a billboard of 50 square meter on the South façade of a former welding factory. Each year, four artists are invited to create a work that considers the status of the image and fosters a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighbourhood and urban landscape.
The location of the billboard is part of the former industrial port of Ghent. This area is currently a section of the inner city ring, and is in full development to be reconverted into one of Ghent’s new quarters by Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
With each billboard, artlead produces a fold-out publication in 2000 copies, freely distributed to all neighbour's mailboxes, and an exclusive support edition to help finance the production and artist fee of the next Billboard Series.
(click on the different billboards to see and read more about each project)
BBS#21
Sam Durant
Like Man, I am Tired (of waiting)
28/10 — ...
BBS#20
Rinus van de Velde
Everything will be like it is now, Only a little bit different
14/07 — 14/10/2020
BBS#19
David Shrigley (UK)
Look at this
07/04 — 14/07/2010
BBS#18
Rodrigo Hernández (MX)
Briefly There
21/12/2019 — 21/03/2020
BBS#17
Nora Turato (HR)
it's kinda funny how i keep needing money all the time / be able to see your time and complications
21/09 — 21/12/2019
BBS#16
Sharon Van Overmeiren (BE)
Pop Cycles
21/06 — 21/09/2019
BBS#15
Claudia Comte (CH)
Lines Morphing into Waves (blue gradient)
21/03 — 21/06/2019
BBS#14
Evelyn Taocheng Wang (CN)
Frog Prince
21/12/2018 — 21/03/2019
BBS#13
Benoit Platéus (BE)
Alex
21/09 — 21/12/2018
BBS#12
Max Pinckers (BE)
Performance #4 (Los Angeles)
22/06 — 21/09/2018
BBS#11
David Horvitz (US)
When The Ocean Sounds
09/03 — 17/06/2018
BBS#10
Lucas Devriendt (BE)
Zwarte Plastiek
14/01 — 08/03/2018
BBS#09
Martin Belou (FR)
River Scene
14/10/2017 — 14/01/2018
BBS#08
Nel Aerts (BE)
The Studio
10/08/2017 — 08/10/2017
BBS#07
Oriol Vilanova (ES)
I.M.D.A.
06/05 – 09/08/2017
BBS#06
Sanam Khatibi (IR/BE)
With Tenderness and Longing
05/03 – 05/05/2017
BBS#05
Aline Bouvy (BE)
Heavy Fuckry / I don’t need you to feed me
19/11/2016 – 28/02/2017
BBS#04
Nástio Mosquito (AO)
M.F.H.N.S.(#II)
13/08 —11/11/2016
BBS#03
Kasper Bosmans (BE)
Smalt (Cobalt Filter and Cream)
07/05 — 07/08/2016
BBS#02
Dirk Zoete (BE)
Quatro Grãos
31/01 — 30/04/2016
BBS#01
Catherine Biocca (DE/IT)
National Character
18/09/2015 — 29/01/2016
Billboard Series is a project by artlead.net, in collaboration with project space 019, supported by Stad Gent and the Flemish Community