Survival Kit 2026 in Riga Explores Latvian Healing Traditions Through 23 Artists
The 17th installment of Latvia's premier contemporary art festival, Survival Kit, is currently being held at Riga Congress Hall until 27 September 2026. Entitled Arrow of the Wind: On Artists and Healers, the festival delves into ancestral healing traditions from Latvia, with a focus on its forests, lakes, and the Baltic Sea, highlighting herbal knowledge and rituals. The name alludes to an ancient Latvian healing incantation. This exhibition merges art and healing in the context of ecological challenges, showcasing 23 artists who broaden sensory experiences. Highlights include Sigríður Björnsdóttir's contributions to art therapy, Augusta Odsdotira's Pain & Other Recyclables, and Imants Tillers' insights on migration and colonization, all enriched with literary and philosophical themes that encourage life-affirming practices.
Fatti principali
- Survival Kit 2026 is the 17th edition of Latvia's main contemporary art festival
- Titled Arrow of the Wind: On Artists and Healers
- On view at Riga Congress Hall, Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 5, through 27 September 2026
- Theme is ancestral Latvian healing knowledge tied to forests, lakes and the Baltic Sea
- Title derives from an ancient Latvian incantation invoking wind to heal humans and animals
- Features 23 selected artists
- Sigríður Björnsdóttir, born 1929, is an Icelandic art therapy pioneer honored by Augusta Odsdotira, Egils Saibjornsons and Mosi Kristjan
- Imants Tillers is the son of Latvian refugees who settled in Australia after World War II
Entità
Artisti
- Sigríður Björnsdóttir
- Augusta Odsdotira
- Egils Saibjornsons
- Mosi Kristjan
- Ágústa Oddsdóttir
- Brigita Stroda
- Imants Tillers
- Shivay La Multiple
- Hermann Hesse
- Niccolò Lucarelli
- Elena Sorokina
- Simona Markel Dvorák
- Egill Sæbjörnsson
- Mosi Kristján
- Daina Dagnija
- Virginie Ittah
- Estelle Labes
- Maya Minder
- Pia Lindman
- Zaiga Putrāma
- Solvita Krese
- Zhanna Kadyrova
- Angelica Mesiti
- Jessie Kleemann
- Anna Hulačová
- INLAND Campo Adentro
- Kriss Salmanis
- Mavriks Vulfsons
- Juris Gertmanis
- Valērijs Kadirkovs
- Agnese Krivade
- Ilva Skulte
- Stefano Mastandrea
- Simona Markel Dvořák
Istituzioni
- Survival Kit
- Riga Congress Hall
- Artribune
- Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
- Initiative for Practices
- Visions of Radical Care
- Iwantja Arts
- Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA)
- Riga Congress Centre
- Pauls Stradiņš Museum of Medical History
- Bode-Museum
- Charité
- Max Delbrück Center
- ABLV Bank
- KIM art centre
- Riga Art Space
- Zuzeum Museum
- Documenta 14
- Venice Biennale
- Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care
Luoghi
- Riga
- Latvia
- Baltic Sea
- Iceland
- Australia
- Brazil
- Congo
- France
- Germany
- India
- Paris
- United States
- Venice
- Italy
- Berlin
- Neuchâtel
- Switzerland
- Ticino
- Kyiv
- Ukraine
- French Guiana
- Rhône
- Asturias
- Spain
- Liepāja