# Volker Kreidler | Half Life Chornobyl

Volker Kreidler | Half Life Chornobyl at Bastion Kronprinz / Zitadelle Spandau, Saturday 10 October 2026, until 29 Nov.

- Venue: Bastion Kronprinz / Zitadelle Spandau, Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin
- Get tickets: https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/fotografiska-berlin-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/
- Go to page: https://www.visitberlin.de/de/kategorie/fotografie

![Volker Kreidler | Half Life Chornobyl](https://noky.io/images/c2bd4f9f7537cc96e32cad6b267d19b71729b4672e7618cfadd72328b545b345-600.webp)

The exhibition "Half Life Chornobyl" in the Bastion Kronprinz at the Zitadelle Spandau presents photographs from Volker Kreidler's long-term project of the same name. The photographer, born in 1962, has documented the consequences of the Chornobyl reactor disaster for people, places and nature since 1995, first on commission from the Deutsches Hygienemuseum Dresden, and returned to the exclusion zone in 2015 to capture nature's reclamation in the near absence of humans. In 2025 he travelled to Kyiv again, and these images bear witness to the resilience of people in Kyiv and the exclusion zone under the conditions of Russia's war of aggression. The project addresses the risks of nuclear power, from invisible radiation to systemic corruption and escalation through acts of war.

## Dates

- Saturday 10 October until 29 Nov — Bastion Kronprinz / Zitadelle Spandau

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/event/volker-kreidler-half-life-chornobyl)

## More like this

- Friday 30 October, until 20 Jan Susanne Kriemann . Im Fieber der Sonne flattern Schmetterlinge im Bauch — C/O Berlin — Susanne Kriemann . Im Fieber der Sonne flattern Schmetterlinge im Bauch is an exhibition of photographic work by the Berlin-based artist Susanne Kriemann (b. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/susanne-kriemann-im-fieber-der-sonne-flattern-schmetterlinge-15324/
- Friday 30 October, until 31 Jan Thomas Meyer: Mauer Land - Bilder vom ehemaligen Mauerstreifen in Berlin, 2017–2024 — Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Dokumentationszentrum) — Free — This special exhibition at the Berlin Wall Memorial shows photographs under the title “Thomas Meyer: Mauer Land - Bilder vom ehemaligen Mauerstreifen in … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/thomas-meyer-mauer-land-bilder-vom-ehemaligen-mauerstreifen-15279/
- Friday 30 October, until 17 Jan Ostgebiete / Ziemie Zachodnie. Eine deutsch-polnische Spurensuche — Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin — Free — This special photography exhibition, "Ostgebiete / Ziemie Zachodnie", brings together ten German and Polish photographers, among them Karolina Gembara, … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ostgebiete-ziemie-zachodnie-eine-deutsch-polnische-spurensuc-2668/
- Friday 30 October, until 31 Jan Thomas Meyer: Mauer Land — Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer — Free — “Thomas Meyer: Mauer Land” is an exhibition of color photographs of the former Berlin Wall strip, taken between 2017 and 2024. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/thomas-meyer-mauer-land-34536/
- Tuesday 3 November, 19:00 Ausstellungseröffnung — St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin — Opening of the photo exhibition "Betroffene zeigen Gesicht", which shows people with personal stories about sexual abuse within the church. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ausstellungseroffnung-73260/
- Friday 30 October, until 20 Dec Projections Onto the East — Schinkelpavillon — 6 € — Projections Onto the East is a group exhibition of historical and contemporary artworks, including new productions made for the project, at Schinkel Pavillon … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/projections-onto-the-east-17664/
- Friday 30 October, until 8 Nov DAS WUHLETAL – Fotografische Momente — Kulturzentrum Schöneweide — Free — A photo exhibition showing images of the Wuhletal, a natural landscape on the eastern edge of Berlin. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/das-wuhletal-fotografische-momente-72036/
- Friday 30 October, until 15 Nov Ungebremste Selbstbewegungen. Kunst mit Fotografie in der DDR — Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst — 4 € — The exhibition "Ungebremste Selbstbewegungen. Kunst mit Fotografie in der DDR" presents artistic positions that emerged in the 1980s through the collaboration … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ungebremste-selbstbewegungen-kunst-mit-fotografie-in-der-ddr-29819/
- Friday 6 November, 11:00 Ausstellung: Sergei Stroitlev - Dreamers: Russian Queer Couples in Exile — Eisenherz — The exhibition "Dreamers: Russian Queer Couples in Exile" presents photographic portraits of queer couples from Russia who fled abroad after the outbreak of … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ausstellung-sergei-stroitlev-dreamers-russian-queer-couples-14672/
- Monday 2 November, 14:00 ElternZEITgeschichte — Museum in der Kulturbrauerei — Free — „ElternZEITgeschichte“ is a guided tour for parents with babies and toddlers through a current photo exhibition at the Museum in der Kulturbrauerei. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/elternzeitgeschichte-12383/
- Friday 30 October, until 7 Nov Alltag in der DDR – Straßenfotografien aus den 70er Jahren — Stiftung Reinbeckhallen — 8 € — The exhibition "Alltag in der DDR – Straßenfotografien aus den 70er Jahren" presents street photographs of everyday life in East Berlin in the early 1970s, … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/alltag-in-der-ddr-straenfotografien-aus-den-70er-jahren-15334/
- Friday 30 October, until 22 Jan Artists Against the Bomb — Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung — Free — Ausstellung: Artists Against the Bomb is an exhibition presenting an international poster collection against the nuclear threat. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/artists-against-the-bomb-2669/
- Thursday 5 November, 18:30 Natur und Umwelt in Osteuropa: Imperiale Narben — Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung — A discussion evening on the instrumentalisation of nature and the environment under Russian and Soviet rule, from historical continuities to today's warfare … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/natur-und-umwelt-in-osteuropa-imperiale-narben-22771/
- Friday 30 October, until 20 Jan Stelios Kallinikou . Cliffs Among Dreams — C/O Berlin — The exhibition Stelios Kallinikou . Cliffs Among Dreams brings together photographs, film and sculptural assemblages. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stelios-kallinikou-cliffs-among-dreams-15323/
- Friday 30 October, until 17 Jan Einblicke in die Sonderausstellung „OSTGEBIETE / ZIEMIE ZACHODNIE. Eine deutsch-polnische Spurensuche“ (EN) — Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung — This is an English-language guided tour through the special exhibition „OSTGEBIETE / ZIEMIE ZACHODNIE. Eine deutsch-polnische Spurensuche“ at the … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einblicke-in-die-sonderausstellung-ostgebiete-ziemie-zachodn-15590/
- Friday 30 October, until 28 Mar Michael Wesely. Doubleday in Prenzlauer Berg 1887–2026 — Museum Pankow — Michael Wesely. Doubleday in Prenzlauer Berg 1887–2026 is a special exhibition of photography at Museum Pankow. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/michael-wesely-doubleday-in-prenzlauer-berg-18872026-15262/