Outlaws
Louisa Gagliardi, Shamiran Istifan, Yoan Mudry, Gina Proenza, Cally Spooner, Jonas Staal, Doris Stauffer.
The annual group exhibition of the Istituto Svizzero in Rome is titled Outlaws. The project takes the concept of law as its point of departure, questioning its nature as a human convention that appears immutable yet is often subject to historical shifts and internal tensions. The works examine what – and whom – the law governs, and who instead positions themselves above or outside it. These questions unfold across different historical periods and stories, often set in Switzerland. They also engage with the poetic, formal, and sometimes humorous dimensions of legal structures, exploring how rules and diplomacy can shape social realities and open new imaginative possibilities for understanding social justice and human coexistence.
