‘Human Baltic’ exhibition is the first-ever joint Baltic art project in Japan, held in one of the most prestigious galleries of Tokyo - Spiral Garden - from May 27th to June 9th, 2024.
Featuring more than 120 works by 16 top humanist photographers from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, the exhibition showcased the everyday realities, joys, and struggles of Baltic people from 1960-1990. This is the first Baltic humanist photography exhibition of this scale.
Featuring more than 120 works by 16 top humanist photographers from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, the exhibition showcased the everyday realities, joys, and struggles of Baltic people from 1960-1990. This is the first Baltic humanist photography exhibition of this scale.
Over 60 Mentions by Japanese and international media, resulting in 60 publications and over 3.4 million readers. The exhibition kicked off with a comprehensive press tour, in which curators presented the project's vision and highlights to over 20 members of Japanese and international media. This event set the tone for the exhibition's widespread acclaim. ‘Human Baltic’ was featured in numerous channels, including such prestigious publications as CINRA, Bijutsu Techo, Time Out Tokyo and others.
In total ‘Human Baltic’ was visited by more than 6.400 people. Accompanied by networking events, art auction, digital app and catalogue release.
Over 80 people enjoyed Baltic snacks and drinks at the opening celebration.
The exhibition highlighted the intersection of art and diplomacy. A panel talk, "Doublespeak of Photography," discussed how artists operated under Soviet oppression. The VIP opening was attended by ambassadors from various countries, including the Baltic States, Ukraine, Ireland, and Greece, as well as representatives from the Toshiba International Foundation, Arts Council Tokyo, and EU-Japan Fest.
With support from the Toshiba International Foundation, curators and researchers published five essays linking Japanese and Baltic photography schools, available online.
With support from the Toshiba International Foundation, curators and researchers published five essays linking Japanese and Baltic photography schools, available online.
As part of the exhibition, a bilingual digital app presented a phenomena of the Baltic Way: in 1989 over two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres across the three Baltic states. It is a story of peaceful revolution. The app offered a walk route around the streets of Tokyo.
App was downloaded by more than 2100 users.
App was downloaded by more than 2100 users.
Limited edition bilingual catalogue was published, presenting all the works of the exhibition, serving as a reminiscence.
It is available for purchase here.
It is available for purchase here.
An art auction to support Ukrainian refugees was held. In it, over 15 artworks by Baltic photographers were auctioned and 588.000 JPY collected and donated to Japanese charities working with Ukrainian refugees. This initiative not only highlighted the community's generosity but also showed how art can drive positive change and support important causes.
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