Activestills – Documenting Life, Death & Resistance in Palestine

Exhibition: Dec 13, 2025 – Feb 14, 2026
Villa Heike, Berlin
Vernissage: Sat, Dec 13 · Doors 17:00

For nearly two decades, the Activestills collective has documented Israeli colonial violence and Palestinian resistance. This exhibition presents a visual narrative that spans 20 years — from continuous attacks on Gaza, the current Genocide and the ongoing ethnic cleansing

Last shown at the Finnish Museum of Photography, the exhibition brings together powerful images that challenge dominant media narratives and centre Palestinian experiences, memory, and agency. It also honors the growing number of Palestinian journalists, photographers, and media workers killed since October 2023 for documenting the truth on the ground.

An extensive public program accompanies the show, including panel discussions, artist talks, and guided tours.

Opening hours: Fridays, 4-8pm; Saturdays: 2-8pm, Sunday: 2-8pm

Accompanying Programme
Dec 13, 19:00 — Opening Panel: Anti-colonial struggles, photography & visual narratives (Moderation: Himmat Zoubi @z.himmat )

Dec 14, 19:00 — Photography Book Presentation: The Erasure of Palestine with author & Activestills member Ahmad Al-Bazz

Jan 16, 19:00 — Panel: Documentation as Disruption | Archiving & Decolonial Knowledge Production

Jan 30, 18:00 — Film Screening Lyd, by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland

Feb 14, 18:00 — Finissage Panel: “Care before love” | Cross-community Perspectives on Solidarity & Resistance
(Title finissage inspired from D‘Souza, Aruna: “Imperfect Solidarities“, Berlin 2024)

Photographers: @ahmad.al.bazz @faizaburmeleh @oren_ziv @doa.aalbaz @yousef_alzanoun @m.z.gaza @annepaq @avishay_mohar @omri27o @wahaj_bani_moufleh @mosab.shawer @sharona.weiss @sherbel.dissi @shachaf.polakow @basilaladraa Keren Manor & Haidi Motola