Carl Alm / Ieva Kaulina / Kārlis Krūmiņš / Valters Sīlis

The 1990s was a period when Latvia, having gained independence, had to start gaining maturity. It was the time when Latvia had to deal with chaos in government, poverty and crime. At the same time, Finland, having gone through an economical crisis together with Nokia, was enjoying such massive development that it rose to first position in the list of wealthiest countries. In 1994 Finland joined the European Union at the same time as Latvia started working on gaining accession to the EU. The Performance Change of Hope tells the stories of four children who grew up during this time and how their lives were or were not influenced by major political, economic and social changes which happened in these countries during the ’90s.