Openbare Werken 2025

09 - 18.05.2025

artists playing in and around the city

The art festival openbare werken invites you to (re)discover the city. Art practices emerge in places where you don't always expect them. Artists embrace the margins, connect with what already exists, and challenge the dominant currents of the city. The festival highlights these quirky creators. They engage with public space, explore relationships, and take root in squares - with the swamp as an undercurrent and nourishment and kinship as a common thread.

DAILY OVERVIEW OF THE FESTIVAL

Thursday 15 May
Friday 16 May
Saturday 17 May

FESTIVAL HUB (Bar Edward)

The HUB is the meeting point of the festival. It is located in Bar Edward (Speldenstraat 1, 9000 Ghent). You can continuously listen to a podcast about art in public space, watch the work of Elen Braga & manoeuvre, or see the film by Juliette Guimet. Maker-collector Jaco Sette brings his mobile kitchen.

ACCESS

Hier vind je een overzicht van alle locaties. We vullen de toegankelijkheidsinformatie per locatie hieronder zo snel mogelijk aan.

  • Bakkerij Aernoudt - Dulle-Grietlaan 9, 9050 Gentbrugge
  • Blanco, Coupure rechts 308, 9000 Gent
  • CAMPO victoria - Fratersplein 7, 9000 Gent
    > informatie toegankelijkheid
  • CAMPUSatelier, Rerum Novarumplein 10, 9000 Gent
  • de Koer - Meibloemstraat 86, 9000 Gent
  • Dienst Feesten en Ambulante Handel - Wiedauwkaai 49a, 9000 Gent
  • Emile Braunplein (grasveld), 9000 Gent
  • Hartetroef - Heilig-Hartplein, 9040 Sint-Amandsberg
  • Hof te Nieuwenhove - Moutstraat 29, 9500 Zarlardinge (Geraardsbergen)
  • Houtdok, 9000 Gent
  • Kunsthal Gent - Lange Steenstraat 14, 9000 Gent
  • Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER - Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent
    > informatie toegankelijkheid
  • manoeuvre - Bomastraat 35, 9000 Gent
  • Maakplek LUCA School of Arts - Leiekaai 18, 9000 Gent
  • Museum Dr. Guislain - Jozef Guislainstraat 43B, 9000 Gent
  • LOCATIE WEG- Rozier UGent - Rozier 44, 9000 Gent
  • SMØRBRØD - Guldenspoorstraat 29, 9000 Gent 
  • Stadshal - Poeljemarkt, 9000 Gent
  • Studio Skoop - Sint-Annaplein 63, 9000 Gent
    > informatie toegankelijkheid
  • weder - Beekstraat 1, 9030 Mariakerke 
  • Wetterse Bakkerij - Sint-Salvatorstraat 63, 9000 Gent

PARTNERS

Public works are organized by Tot in de City!. This is a collaboration between VIERNULVIER, de Koer, Kunsthal Gent, Manoeuvre, CAMPUSatelier, Jong Gewei, KASK & Conservatorium School of Arts, and LUCA School of Arts. Together, they support artistic practices that engage in dialogue with residents and the environment, working bottom-up from what already exists and questioning the city in all its complexity.

With the support of the Flemish Government

Thanks to:
019, AZ Sint-Lucas, Blanco/Nucleo, CAMPO, CIFAS, Ciné Rio, City of Ghent's Department of Festivals and Street Trade, Hof Te Nieuwenhove, Arts platform PLAN B, Kunstenpunt, Lucinda Ra, Museum Dr. Guislain, PostX, Reno Boot, Studio Skoop, UGent, Villa Voortman, others,...

Graphic design: Sofie Deckers

"Staying with the trouble means making (odd)kin; that is, we require each other in unexpected collaborations and combinations - between humans and non-humans - in hot compost piles. We become - with each other or not at all." - Donna Haraway