Before The Last Living Specimens Fades Away.
Black and white video, silent.
3’53”
2023
What does it mean for a species to disappear from the world? Clearly, the numbers do not represent what this accelerating process truly signifies. Only when the last living individual perishes do we consider the species extinct. Following Thom Van Dooren’s perspective, I believe that extinction is a slow and protracted process. In many cases, the loss of a world within the world entails the loss of a way of life shared in intra-specific relationships. San Diego Zoo open cams captions.