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Lea Greub

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Lea Greub

No Georgian Dream

The country is somewhere between the worlds of Asia-Europe and Russia-EU. Although Georgia has applied for EU membership, the pro-Russian autocratic government is blocking this process and diminishing the chance of becoming part of the European Union, despite the majority of Georgians being in favor of EU accession.
This is particularly hard for the younger generation to accept. They have hope for a future in the EU, expecting economic growth, better educational opportunities, and the containment of social injustice and discrimination. Young Georgians can no longer identify with the conservative values that seem to have stuck in the country since the USSR.
Especially for artists, activists, and people who do not fit into the traditional system, a promising future perspective seems to vanish into thin air. Every step by the government away from EU membership toward conservative values of the past is vehemently fought against. Bit by bit, people are trying to regain their freedom.

Lea Greub

Lea Greub is a photojournalist from Berlin and Düsseldorf. She completed her studies at the Münster School of Design in the field of media design, and therefore often uses other media such as video, audio and text in her work alongside photography. In recent years, she has traveled all over Europe to work on photo reportages and multimedia projects. She deals with socio-political, queer-feminist issues and European politics, with "borders" playing a recurring role in various forms. In her work on the young generation of Northern Ireland, she explores the impact of the civil war on subsequent generations in the city of Belfast, which is still surrounded by walls to prevent conflict. For her Bachelor's thesis, she is looking at Georgia's membership of the EU and asking the question about the borders of the European Union: "Who is allowed to become part of the union of states and who is not?"