Survival Kit/Ume� invites artists from all corners of the world to apply for the Survival Kit Festival which will take place in Ume� city and its surroundings from 20th September to 19th October, 2014. A jury consisting of representatives of the hosting organisations will select approximately 30 artists.

THEMES and DIRECTIVES
Humanity faces huge difficulties; our future seems to be less predictable and more complex than ever. The climate is changing, ecological, economical and societal systems are on the verge ofcollapse. Where are we heading? What do we need? What might happen? What should happen?

We are searching for artists whose work attends to the question of survival in all its different perceptions. We welcome new or renewed perspectives; provocative and engaging, utopian and progressive, visions, questions, innovative solutions and more. The works we are searching for considers the world at large, and/or the local circumstances.

HISTORY
Survival Kit started in Riga 2009 as a reaction to the economical crises in Latvia. In Riga, Survival Kit has grown to become an annual exhibition. Survival Kit/Ume� started last year in close cooperation with Riga Survival Kit and contains workshops, presentations and exhibitions in a continued exchange between the two cities.
During 2014 Ume� and Riga will both be European Capitals of Culture, which is also the premiere for a simultaneous Survival Kit Festival in both cities.