Selin Davasse—Corpus Iuris Artis: III. The Appeal

Based on a fictional legal system and its foundational penal code, Corpus Iuris Artis unfolds as an exhibition and performance cycle, in which Selin Davasse presents a new body of works questioning, codifying, institutionalizing, and putting on trial what constitutes ethical artistic or curatorial practice today. Approaching the mechanisms and power dynamics within the art world in a humorous and self-critical tone, the project equally nods to the performative nature of law and the frail state of legal systems. 

Set to take place at the  Moabit (Pickle Bar Off-site, update on www.picklebar.berlin soon), Selin Davasse’s performance Corpus Iuris Artis: III. The Appeal plays out at an imagined Court of Appeals where the constitutionality of the laws and the fairness of the trial will once again be argued. A part of the Corpus Iuris Artis cycle, Davasse’s performance is presented within the framework of Pickle Bar’s performance series She-Wailers.

Corpus Iuris Artis: III. The Appeal is presented by Pickle Bar as part of Featured 2025, in cooperation with soft power’s presentation of Davasse’s solo exhibition Corpus Iuris Artis: II. The Hearing.