Extinguishment

Yuki Higashinos film Extinguishment 2020 explores what might await a society where the rapid aging of its population is combined with a reluctance of the country to open itself to foreigners As the fastest aging country in the world which also severely limits immigration Japan finds itself undergoing a depopulation that has led to the shrinking of some communities Speculating on a postsociety landscape where the natural world is taking over the causal links between industrialized society and fragile ecosystems finds parallels in our sudden dramatic awareness of natures autonomy as the presumption of our ability to maintain and control the natural world comes under question