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Highlights of Survival Kit 16

Survival Kit 2025 features 23 artists, publishers, performers and educators from countries including Estonia, Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The works have been thoughtfully arranged over several floors of the spacious former factory and are all worth seeing, with several standout pieces.

“In-stock,” an installation by Berlin-based Palestinian artist Shadi Habib Allah, as with all of his work is much more than it seems and like much of the art in Survival Kit 16, has a disconcerting story behind it. The hardened clear shrink wrap forms represent the typical shrink wrap on cases of groceries like canned goods and soft drinks. The now empty shells serve as a reminder of neighborhood corner stores put out of business by real estate development and big supermarkets. The artist created these in Florida but the piece could easily represent other locations.