Under the banner of Periphery, Kunsthal Extra City has been commissioning site-specific artworks for its current location in the former Dominican monastery. Through this long-term project, artists are invited to question, activate and explore Extra City’s location, which is far from neutral in terms of its associations.

Each artist installs a semi-permanent work in peripheral areas of the church and chapel, engaging in a critical dialogue with the architectural space and its many associations. The site-specific artworks are given a place in side aisles, forgotten back rooms, hidden interstitial spaces or on the balcony – places where the works can blossom in complete seclusion. In this way, peripheral spaces are reevaluated and made accessible to the public.

The selected artists have diverse practices, from performance to photography, installation art to animation. In collaboration with them, Kunsthal Extra City took its first step in questioning, activating and investigating its new location.

Curated by Joachim Naudts & Zuzanna Rachowska
Participating artists Meryem Bayram, Melissa Gordon, Imge Özbilge, Hussein Shikha, Clara Spilliaert

Artists: Clara Spilliaert, Melissa Gordon, Hussein Shikha, Meryem Bayram, Imge Özbilge