Orso 88 and the Pablo Echaurren Papers

Orso 88 was the address of a squat known as Casa Desiderio in central Rome. It was a hub for the Indiani Metropolitani and youth groups in 1977. When the house was evicted by the police, someone took the wall, which have been preserved as part of illustrator Pablo Echaurren’s papers. Through the notes and posters, one can see into the daily life of a group of people trying to live outside constraints of traditional family life and norms. The sign here, written on the back of a poster, says, when the you start to see the ceiling trip it’s already time to empty the basin under the sink.