
ALT I am withdrawing from my position as the film curator of transmediale 2024. I cannot be part of a German cultural institution that does not explicitly oppose and register dissent to Germany's unconditional support of Israel and its ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

ALT The genocide reminds us that language is weaponized to create suitable frames for oppression. Dehumanizing speeches by Israeli officials are used to justify the mass killing and starving of Palestinians. It becomes clear that when state-funded German cultural institutions do not take a public stand against the German government's support of these crimes, they become complicit in the destruction of Palestinian lives and in the long-term structural repression of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany even if these institutions momentarily make space for them.






























