Sweet End of the World!

In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, a mother recounts a tale to her child about the destructive power of human greed. Sweet End of the World! invites us on a journey that blurs the line between myth and reality, uncovering the harbingers of an impending catastrophe. Through virtual reality, humanity confronts its fate, reimagining the apocalypse as a legacy to be preserved and passed on. There was a time when men and gods dined together, seated at the same table. Yet, human greed transformed the remnants of those feasts into a mountain of waste, destined to reach Olympus. This is the tale a mother tells her child as she nurses him at her breast—a bedtime myth for a good end to the world. Through virtual reality, the work takes us on a dreamlike journey, lingering on the threshold between sleep and wakefulness, between the present and ancient mythology, exploring places teetering on the edge of climate collapse, where we encounter heroes who might show us the way. This story unfolds during the most symbolic and intimate act we know: a mother breastfeeding her child. Maddalena and Ettore guide us through a visual narrative in which humanity, standing on the brink of the apocalypse, has transfigured the catastrophe it witnesses into a cautionary tale to be passed down. The message is clear: as long as human greed for food remains insatiable, and the craving for flesh endures, humanity＇s fate is sealed. “Sweet end of the world!”