As part of the exhibition Third Space, this public discussion brings together artists and researchers working at the intersection of activism and representation to reflect on the challenges of engaging with testimonies — visual, verbal, and mediated — that emerge from contentious collective actions. Focusing on the example of Palestine solidarity movements, where images, slogans, interviews, and protest artifacts circulate transnationally to mobilize support, we will explore how such materials can serve as powerful tools of solidarity, but also how they risk being detached from their original contexts, misread, instrumentalized, or weaponized to discredit the very movements they represent. What responsibilities arise when reworking or curating these fragments of protest into artistic or academic projects? How can we navigate the tensions between amplification and appropriation, between documentation and exposure? What ethical frameworks can guide us when working with vulnerable materials that may endanger participants or be co-opted for purposes of repression? The discussion seeks to open a "third space" — between artistic creation and political urgency, between bearing witness and critical distance — where we can rethink the role of visual and verbal testimonies in shaping imaginaries of solidarity. It invites participants to reflect on issues of authorship, consent, narrative framing, visibility, and the evolving meanings of protest media as they travel across platforms, audiences, and political landscapes. Rather than offering fixed answers, the conversation will provide a shared space for grappling with the dilemmas, limits, and possibilities of making resistance visible — and audible — through arts in ways that honor its complexities. 

With: Timo Herbst, Rebecca Pokua Korang, Lilian Mauthofer, Jannis Julien Grimm

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