The BBC Billboard Art Project was a television documentary about art on billboards. Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Helen Chadwick, Richard Long, Ingrid Pollard and many other established artists were commissioned to produce work for over 270 billboards across the UK. Kaur was the only artist in the project to add a third dimension by attaching sculptures, large speakers made out of copper onto the billboards. Two billboards faced each other across the street. On one with 3 speakers was painted a symbol — a wheel, a lotus flower and the initials PK in Punjabi. The other had only one larger speaker placed against a large green octogram pattern. It was unclear who the large copper “speakers” represented. The project was shown during the April 1992 elections. On the billboard next to hers was a large advert telling people to vote. Did the billboards inadvertently represent another unknown political party? Each billboard is 3 x 13 m and is made of copper, steel, rubber, and spray paint. Commissioned for the B.B.C. Billboard Art Project, Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Photos: Peter Lundh