The performance was held as part of an exhibition, one of the organizers of which was Ilya Eroshevich, inspired by such exhibitions in other countries. This exposition received wide publicity in the Japanese media. During the exhibition, the Belarusian diaspora wrote letters to Japanese diplomats and ambassadors of European countries in Japan. It was visited by the Lithuanian ambassador, the representative of the Czech Republic, Estonia, the Belarusians received a letter of support from the Canadian embassy.

Ilya Yerashevich about the exhibition and performance (source: belsat.eu):

"It was a wall that reflected the events that took place in Belarus, before and during the exhibition. There were references to the wall on Changes Square with graffiti of DJs of changes, there was a reference to the Belarusian artist Zakhar Kudin, who made the housing and communal services art project - he painted pictures, Inspired by graffiti smeared in Minsk, I similarly recreated in a Tokyo gallery this process of "drawn - smeared - painted on top of the smeared": creating protest art through the layers of protest graffiti and its smearing as a symbol of the struggle between the protest and the authorities. The idea was that layers were layered, but thoughts, protest remained on the wall, did not go away, the protest remains under the layers of this paint and will always live in people. they will carry their ideas, which cannot be destroyed just like that, and sooner or later this paint will peel off, these thoughts will come out."

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“My action was a reaction to a number of events in Belarus: Vitold Ashurok died in the colony, 18-year-old Dmitry Stakhovsky committed suicide, Roman Protasevich was detained, Stepan Latypov cut his throat in court. Everything happened one after another, I didn’t know what I had to deal with all this as if I had fallen into some kind of vacuum. In our diaspora, they then decided to make a performance in support of political prisoners. Many people say that after the forced landing of the plane, Belarus becomes a terrorist state. Then I had an image for the performance based on the video with executions carried out by terrorists. In my opinion, this very accurately reflects the essence of what is happening in Belarus."

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• "After reading these names, I looked at it a little differently, rethought it. At first I just wanted to wrap my throat, and then I realized that they had to be released. Therefore, at the end of the performance, I cut the rope as a symbol that these fetters can be cut. The video shows: yes, this is not an easy task, it takes time, sometimes it is possible to cut off only one loop, little by little, that it is dangerous, the throat is close and you can harm yourself, there may be victims, but at the same time we can do it, and it is necessary This performance was important for me as therapy, since I could not say anything, I had a bag on my head, the names of prisoners sounded in my ears, and all concentration went in. Then they told me that people stopped nearby, were shocked, no one I expected to see something like this on the main street. This action was covered by Japanese journalists, and we managed to remind again what is happening in Belarus."