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.

Click on one of the artists below to watch the video interview with GLEAN (before HART magazine).

The selected artists work in various disciplines, from animation to painting, performance to installation art. Every so often, a new work is added and another removed.

Periphery was first launched in 2021 with works by:

• Meryem Bayram
• Maëlle Dufour (until 30.06.24)
• Imge Özbilge
• Mekhitar Garabedian (until 14.01.24)
• Geert Goiris (until 14.01.24)
• CMMC (until 01.07.24)

In 2024, new work was added by:

• Melissa Gordon (from 27.01.24)
• Clara Spilliaert (vanaf 10.05.'24)
• Hussein Shikha (vanaf 10.05.'24)

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Periphery is a project external to Kunsthal Extra City’s regular operations. As such, we’re always looking for sponsors so that we can enable the creation of new work by artists in the future. If interested, please contact [email protected].

By making a tax-deductible donation to the Periphery project, you can help bring a new artwork to life, specially created for our location! Your support will have an immediate and visible impact.

You can contribute via the link above or by bank transfer to the cultural patronage account of Kunsthal Extra City, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation. Use account number BE10 0000 0000 0404, BIC: GEBABEBB, with the structured communication 623/3867/20016.

The King Baudouin Foundation supports this project. Donations of € 40 or more per year to the Foundation qualify for a 45% tax deduction on the actual amount donated (Art. 145/33 of the Income Tax Code).