Billboard:
Raising Gender Issues through Contemporary Art in Public Spaces in Nepal.
Visual Art has been an effective medium for promoting gender issues globally. Different Voices applied this medium of approach in joint collaboration by looking at public spaces in Nepal that are dominated by commercial messages which at times can be demeaning, discriminating and biased in terms of gender sensitivity. Billboards are blatant examples of this fact.
In a move to move to transform the established concept of billboards as spaces for commercial advertisements only, this lone billboard of Different Voices proposes the use of billboards as a medium of promoting gender sensitive messages through vibrant artworks. It is also an effort at reclaiming urban spaces as spaces that invite you to reflect on matters of public interest and importance.
Twelve artworks by different artists were displayed at a public space from early 2008 to early 2009.
