Survival Kit

03/07/2026

🟡 SURVIVAL KIT 17 MEKLĒ BRĪVPRĀTĪGOS!

Latvijas Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs aicina pievienoties Survival Kit 17 brīvprātīgo komandai ikvienu, kurš vēlas iegūt pieredzi starptautiska laikmetīgās mākslas festivāla rīkošanā un iepazīt tā producēšanas aizkulises.

Pieteikšanās atvērta līdz 30. jūlijam.

➡️ Vairāk par iespēju & pieteikšanās anketa te: https://lcca.lv/lv/notikumi/survival-kit-17-mekle-brivpratigos/

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🟡 SURVIVAL KIT 17: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!

Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art invites you to join the Survival Kit 17 volunteer team if you are interested in gaining experience in an international contemporary art festival and getting behind-the-scenes insight into how such an event is organized.

Applications are open until 30 July.

➡️ More info & application form available here: https://lcca.lv/en/events/volunteers-sk17/

03/07/2026

🟡SURVIVAL KIT 17 ARTISTS & VENUE ANNOUNCED!

From August 28 to September 27, 2026, the 17th edition of Survival Kit — the annual international contemporary art festival organised by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art — will take place in Riga at the Riga Congress Hall!

Curated by Elena Sorokina and Simona Markel Dvorák, together with Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care, Survival Kit 17: Arrow of the Wind: On Artists and Healers explores the shared terrain between art and healing — spanning therapy, incantation and ritual, physical and mental healthcare, and spiritual restoration.

🟡PARTICIPATING

Brook Andrew, Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Moki Cherry & Don Cherry, Daina Dagnija, Anna Egle, INLAND Campo Adentro, d harding, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Anna Hulačová, Virginie Ittah, Zhanna Kadyrova, Ieva Kraule-Kūna, Jessie Kleemann, Estelle Labes, Pia Lindman, Angelica Mesiti, Maya Minder, Betty Muffler, Shivay La Multiple, Zaiga Putrāma, Egill Sæbjörnsson & Ágústa Oddsdóttir, Pierre-Alexandre Savriacouty, Brigita Stroda, Imants Tillers, Timo Tuhkanen, Elsa Wolliaston

Contributions by: Naima Karlsson, Zora Snake, T.I.E, Zbyněk Baladrán

Collaboration on performance programme and video dance archive with: Linus Gratte, Performance Curator at Centre Pompidou

Local artist liaison: Ieva Laube

🟡SUPPORTERS

Survival Kit 17 is supported by Latvijas Republikas Kultūras ministrija, Rīga, Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, the Performing Arts unit – Centre Pompidou, the Flemish Government, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Statens Kunstfond, Icelandic Art Center / Myndlistarmiðstöð and The Ministry of Culture Innovation and Higher Education of Iceland, Acción Cultural Española, AC/E, Finnish Cultural Foundation, BGSW / Baszta, Kultivator, Mākslas telpa ”Studija”, Kaņepes Kultūras centrs and VV Foundation.

This year, the annual, international contemporary art festival Survival Kit is curated by Elena Sorokina and Simona Markel Dvorák, with the Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care.

29/05/2026

Survival Kit 17 is slowly approaching!

We were delighted to pre-launch this year’s festival in Paris together with Survival Kit 17 curators Elena Sorokina, Simona Markel Dvořák and the Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care!

We are especially pleased to collaborate with Centre Pompidou in Paris for Survival Kit 17, alongside our wonderful collaborators INSTITUT FRANÇAIS and the of Iceland in Paris!

💛A huge thank you to the Ambassade de Lettonie en France/ Latvijas vēstniecība Francijā for the warm welcome and the opportunity to introduce Survival Kit 17 to the local art and cultural community, including members of the diplomatic community.

More news about the festival programme and participating artists coming very soon!

09/04/2026

🟡 SURVIVAL KIT 17 ➡️ ARROW OF THE WIND: ON ARTISTS AND HEALERS

📍28 August – 27 September, Riga

🟡 We are excited to announce that this year’s annual international contemporary art event – Survival Kit – will be curated by Elena Sorokina and Simona Markel Dvorák in collaboration with the Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care!

The festival explores the shared terrain between art and healing – spanning therapy, incantation and ritual, physical and mental healthcare, and spiritual restoration – bringing together artists for whom art and healing are mutually sustaining forces and living practices.

The curatorial concept is rooted in Latvian folklore, ancestral healing knowledge, and ritual practices closely tied to the land – forests, lakes, the Baltic Sea, and peat bogs – and celebrates their resilience and ongoing vitality despite historical attempts to suppress them.

💬 “In today’s complex geopolitical situation, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain mental and emotional balance. The constant presence and escalation of wars are causing ever-greater physical suffering and loss. “Survival Kit 17” centers on care – an essential element of survival in today’s world. Caring for one another is also an indicator of a society’s maturity. We truly need a society capable of caring and critical thinking, and art has always been an invaluable tool for stimulating these processes.”
– Solvita Krese, the festival’s founder and creative director, reflects on the festival’s central concept.

🟡 More about Survival Kit 17 & the curators: https://lcca.lv/en/sk17-en/
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Survival Kit 17 is organised by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art. Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, Riga City Council, and the State Culture Capital Foundation, français. With the participation of the Performing Arts unit, Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Photo: © Jérôme Bonnet

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🟡 SURVIVAL KIT 17 ➡️ VĒJA BULTA: PAR MĀKSLU UN DZIEDINĀŠANU

📍28.augusts–27.septembris, Rīga

🟡 Priecājamies izziņot – ikgadējā starptautiskā laikmetīgās mākslas notikuma "Survival Kit" izstādi šogad kūrēs Elena Sorokina un Simona Markel Dvorák kopā ar Radikālo rūpju prakšu un vīziju iniciatīvu (Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care)!

Festivāls pētīs mākslas un dziedināšanas kopīgo teritoriju, aptverot terapiju, buramvārdus un rituālus, fiziskās un psihiskās veselības aprūpi un garīgo atjaunošanos, apvienojot māksliniekus, kuriem māksla un dziedināšana ir atbalstoši spēki un dzīves prakses.

Kuratoru izvirzītais koncepts sakņojas latviešu folklorā, senajās dziedināšanas zināšanās un rituālajās praksēs, kas cieši saistītas ar zemi – mežiem, ezeriem, Baltijas jūru un kūdras purviem –, un to dzīvotspējā, neraugoties uz vēsturiskajiem centieniem tās apspiest.

💬 “Šī brīža sarežģītajā ģeopolitiskajā situācijā kļūst arvien grūtāk saglabāt mentālo un emocionālo līdzsvaru. Karu nepārtrauktā klātbūtne un eskalācija rada arvien lielākas fiziskas ciešanas un zaudējumus. “Survival Kit 17” tēmas centrā ir rūpes – būtisks izdzīvošanas elements šodienas pasaulē. Rūpes vienam par otru ir arī sabiedrības brieduma indikators. Tieši rūpēties un kritiski domāt spējīga sabiedrība mums ir ļoti nepieciešama un māksla vienmēr ir bijusi nozīmīgs līdzeklis, lai šos procesus stimulētu.” – festivāla vadmotīvu komentē tā dibinātāja un radošā direktore Solvita Krese.

➡️ Vairāk par Survival Kit 17 & kuratorēm: https://lcca.lv/lv/sk17-lv/
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“Survival Kit 17” organizē Latvijas Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs un to atbalsta Latvijas Republikas Kultūras ministrija, Rīgas valstspilsētas pašvaldība, Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds un Institut français. Ar Centre Pompidou Parīzē Skatuves mākslas nodaļas līdzdalību.

Foto: ©Jérôme Bonnet