How long can a society last? When does its disappearance begin? Forecasts of Existence turns its attention to a future that can be calculated and yet remains uncertain. The landscapes of the exhibition emerge at the boundary between calculation and imagination. They carry different times and possibilities within them, change, fade, and disappear.
Numbers become lines, forecasts become landscapes. Yet no line leads unambiguously into the future. Statistical models try to make what is coming readable. At the same time, their images are based on the conditions of our present and change along with them. A forecast becomes a countdown, to 1 January 2300. This date is not a fixed end but an imagined boundary. Above the countdown, a traditional symbol of fertility and offspring meets the idea of a possible disappearance. The past, social expectations, and a still open future converge in a single moment. The starting point lies in the demographic changes in Korea.