"Poi venne il tutto, vacuo e imprevedibile". Immaginari della catastrofe

In the wake of climate catastrophe literature and cinema are providing pathways for survival. Metaphors such as mutation, hybridization, extinction, loss of control, plural and connective identities embody the fears of humanity in a hostile environment, and its attitude against the inanity of institutions, the struggle for power and the destruction of biological and social diversity.