Artist collective Slavs and Tatars lives, travels, and investigates the regio East of the Berlin wall, and West of wall of China. The area in which Europe and Asia intertwine. Historical stories about this region are translated by Slavs and Tatars into intimate, playful, yet critical exhibitions, books, and performances.

For SONSBEEK '16, Slavs and Tatars created a church. Inside this church, beneath the trees, open-minded discussion on religions took place. As people were listening to the sounds of the leafs, they were listening to different speakers and each other. This forest church, or 'shelter church' referred to a story from the 17th century. Evangelists, who were supressed by Catholics, secretly practised their religion in churches such as these. Hence, the hidden location of Slavs and Tatars' church, which is hardly recognisable as a church thanks to camouflage, and the high grass. The pews are made of fallen trees, and the altar consists solely of a book stand, which is often used for holy writings within Abrahamic religions.