22 May–4 October 2026
Exhibitions and Events by Lisa Schiess, Cyril Kennel, Maud Châtelet, Aio Frei
Location
Zweierstrasse 177
8003 Zurich
Open at all times
In person: by appointment via email
outofoffice.zweierstrasse177.ch
Formerly a shop for prints and frames, it has been a shared office for over 15 years now. Sounds include: the running water of a fountain, dogs and cats, birds, and voices. People passing through the forecourt on the phone or sitting on a bench to eat. Animals drinking. A space dedicated to art that is also meant to temporarily suspend certain expectations regarding workplace, status, and availability.
Lisa Schiess, 22 May–20 June
Money Laundering
Opening: 21 May, 6 p.m.
Meet the artist at Zurich Art Weekend special opening hours: Friday, 12 June, 18-20:00/Saturday, 13 June, 14-18:00
In her observations of everyday life, Lisa Schiess’s conceptual work engages with the unfinished and the ever-changing. Schiess, who lives in the immediate vicinity, often wanders past the square and the office window on her walks through the neighborhood. In a performative work, Schiess will wash prints of the historic 50-franc note in the fountain and then hang them in the window to dry for the duration of the exhibition. The illustrations on the 1990s banknote include Saint-Exupéry’s children’s book character The Little Prince—a tongue-in-cheek reference to the children’s author’s critique of capitalism and to today’s plans by Silicon Valley billionaires to escape the world.
Cyril Kennel, 26 June–22 August
Agglo PoMo
Opening: Thursday, June 25, 2026, 6:00 p.m. followed by a discussion in German with Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen (gta exhibitions), Giulio Galasso (studio continentale) and Cyril Kennel (postmoderne.ch)
On his photographic forays through the periphery of German-speaking Switzerland, Cyril Kennel explores the sculptural qualities and playful visual productivity of postmodern forms in Stäfa, Wetzikon, and Kloten. In doing so, Kennel focuses on an experimental everyday architecture for housing developments, shopping malls, and industrial buildings that never made it to the centers of Switzerland and continues to lead a shadowy existence to this day.
Aio Frei, 3 September, 7 p.m.
vas sonus/tilia fluens
circular sound installation with ceramics by Ursula Vogel
Aio Frei’s sound installation translates the interdependent relationships in the square. Leaves of the linden tree in the water are brought to life by those who are present; the water flows through the vessels to the linden tree; and as the eyes are soothed and sharpened, the “inner ear” comes to the fore. The fragile soundscape—composed of water, ceramics, a linden tree, wind, and visitors—hovers in a state of constant uncertainty, continually changing and rearranging itself.
Maud Châtelet, 11 September–4 October
Rolls/Roles
Opening: 10 September, 6 p.m.
Outlines and surfaces may—or may not—suggest familiar forms. Moving between geometry, material, and environment, Maud Châtelet explores possible spaces in two and three dimensions. What initially appears to be the realization of a design intention reveals itself as a precarious interplay. Material and gravity, along with climatic and spatial conditions, are not merely accompanying factors but become active forces. Geometric divisions that seem familiar unfold as elusive constellations, emerging through cuts and folds, overhangs and curves. In her paintings and model-like installations, Maud Châtelet imagines not only potential spaces but also visions of their transformation. Folded from industrial roll material, the installation conceived for the Out of Office storefront examines the codes and conventions of space and work: between a former conceptual framework and today’s open-plan office, and between retail, office, and public space.
With generous support:
Stiftung temperatio
Stiftung Erna und Curt Burgauer
Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung
Kulturstiftung des Kantons Thurgau
Amt für Kultur Appenzell-Ausserrhoden
Rheintaler Kulturstiftung