An important insight of 20th-century philosophy was that boundaries are not permanent, but are constantly being redrawn. In the thinking of Michel Foucault, Georges Bataille, Jacques Derrida, and Maurice Blanchot, boundaries are not simply closures, but experiences that simultaneously contain prohibition and possibility. The idea of boundaries and their transgression, of transgression, proved relevant not only in epistemological and ethical terms, but also paved the way for aesthetics and art. A boundary is never merely a line or a threshold, but an experience that both restricts and compels us to cross it. The philosophy of transgression is based on the experience that we repeatedly find ourselves in borderline situations throughout our lives. According to Bataille, such experiences include death, eroticism, and art, which compel us to try to cross boundaries that are, in principle, insurmountable. These may be the boundaries of our own bodies or consciousness, which prevent us from fully accessing beings beyond ourselves, such as another person. Foucault approached the question from the perspective of sexuality and believed that the boundary is drawn within ourselves and at the same time defines the framework of our own existence and experience. What both of their lines of thought have in common is that the experience of boundaries not only offers the possibility of crossing them, but also reveals the problematic nature of crossing them.

Based on the works featured in the exhibition, borders can also mark the starting points of new paths. Every border situation prompts us to rethink our own relationships: what separates us and what connects us? The exhibiting artists emphasize not closure but opportunity in the border: the possibility of approaching the other, questioning rules, and discovering ourselves.