Two months into the genocide in Gaza, seven political activists got together inside a closed, empty theater in Tel Aviv. Each of them fights the injustices of the state – violence, landgrab, erasure and obfuscation – in their own way. They were asked to read the transcripts of government meetings dating back to 1948, which had been classified until recently and opened for access after a long struggle by Akevot Institute.   Viewers watch the activists as they take their first

In the contemporary Palestinian landscape, the act of "seeing" is never neutral. For artists Rawan Joulani, Laila Abd Elrazaq, and Yara Mahajneh , the video lens serves as both a shield and a scalpel, dissecting the layers of a reality defined by constant monitoring and the restriction of speech. Though their aesthetic approaches diverge, they are united by an urgent inquiry into how power structures—both physical and digital—attempt to dominate the Palestinian body and narra

GERMAN About the symposium This symposium series presents an intervention of art and activism promoting dialogue and understanding within the diverse and sometimes divided Viennese society and beyond, regarding Palestine and Israel. In the wake of deepening divisions, dehumanization, and violence, from the ethnic cleansing in 1947, throughout the years of occupation, and reciprocal violence culminating in the Hamas massacre on October 7th and the genocide in Gaza. By engagin