Rosa Mercedes / 08

The issue complements, accompanies and deepens HaFI’s artistic research project “Terms and Conditions. The Legal Form of Images”, launched in spring 2024. It explores the legal and paralegal frameworks which increasingly inform contemporary art and visual culture.

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Film Clip: CORPO DI REATO (2024)

A short documentary that investigates a case of censorship and violence that took place in Italy in 1981, targeting the film A.A.A. Offresi. By COLLETTIVA (Marta Basso, Sara Cecconi, Carlotta Cosmai, and Alice Malingri).

March 24th, 2025 — Rosa Mercedes / 08
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Terms and Conditions (Glossary): Juridification

Beyond the polarization between readings that equate it with depoliticization and those that identify it as a new form of political struggle, the fundamental characteristic of juridification remains its nature as a political phenomenon. By NATASCIA TOSEL

August 27th, 2024 — Rosa Mercedes / 08