The project “Along the Border” brings together the works of the artists Csaba Nemes and Ivan Plusch, who explore the process of deterritorialization from aesthetic and social viewpoints, within the framework of external changes and the internal recoding of personality. Both artists look at Europe, Hungary in particular, examining the processes from various angles. 
Csaba Nemes (Hungary), whose work is based on current tensions and contradictions, highlights the internal problems existent in Hungary and Europe. His works address the specifics of the processes related to time, people and location. Urban landscapes alter or disappear due to a change in the attitude of the people who either see them in a different light or completely ignore their environment. New people come to the country, thereby creating unavoidable challenges.

Ivan Plusch (Russia), in his project, shows the fragility of the world during a period of transition. The depicted abstract objects, although they can be correlated with Hungary due to the familiar landscape, appear in the works more as a concept of reality than as physical objects. The figures of people are faceless and blurred, reminding us of “the body without organs” as per Gilles Deleuze’s theory, and the landscape – devoid of clear outlines – helps us to envisage a rhizome.

The changes in our inner and outer life are the main focus of both artists, who ask questions about the future of a world in which the sudden disappearance of borders has revealed common problems that need to be addressed and which is testing our ability to remain human while dealing with issues that have no self-evident solutions. When talking about deterritorialization, we must view this phenomenon as something that affects the personal, social and psychological spheres. Yogi Berra said, “The future is no longer what it used to be” and was quoted by Daniel Franklin (The Economist).