Chain of Freedom

A public tribute to the images taken of the ‘Baltic Way’ demonstration, where two million people joined hands in a line across the Baltic states. On August 23, 1989, photographer Aivars Liepinsh flew in a helicopter to capture images of the demonstration. The 675km human chain was, of course, too big to fit in a single photo.

The exhibition is a ‘reconstructed celebration’ of this historical event that took place almost 30 years ago, soon before Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare independence from the Soviet Union.