Personal Border

In our lives we constantly get confronted with borders. A border is a line that separates one from another. The border which I was confronted with in my research was the one  between inside and outside and between private and public. Borders exists in several scales such as borders between countries, states, entities, time zones, climates, atmospheres, groups, activities, …but also between people. This last border is the one that interests me the most. We namely have all our own private border, our own personal space. We desperately need this border to show that we are individuals with our own identity. Our personal border is a physical and an invisible one and therefore acts according to a certain etiquette and level of exposure. Your personal space is like an invisible bubble that surrounds you. The fact that the world’s population is increasing causes danger for our private space. We get more and more confronted with the challenge of our own border, this mainly in busy public spaces. In these spaces we always want to have as much space as possible, therefore we always leave 1 or 2 seats in between another person if possible. As a conclusion I can say that more than ever our private space is challenged and needs a new way of thinking.