From a romanticised past, carving out the present territory.
When the form changes, the content changes as well. This is a fact for the generation born and raised to the other side of the old Iron Curtain after 1991.
The corruption and poverty inherited from the past had always been part of the landscape. The appearance of the internet reshaped rules and accelerated changes. Ever since, the gap between generations has increased notoriously. The old way of life with its codes have expired and they are no longer valid for the new generation of digital natives.
From the ashes of the Euromaidan to the present day, Borderline emerges as a need to document the transient and ephemeral nature of a generation. They no longer live the dream, but are not giving up either. Their mood is far from hopeless. It is not about caving in, it is about different strategies for surviving in troubled times.
The nostalgia for a peaceful time and hopes for a better future melt with a present defined by friendship, solidarity and the pain of war and exile.
