A CERTAIN DEATH/THE SWAMP was conceived around the curious topography of Berlin, said to be entirely built atop drained wetlands. From swamp to city, a teleology of progress, a survival scheme, emerges. Observing the devastating flash floods of 2021, is the thought of what to do with cities that once again turn into swamps. To observe the weather is thus to forecast whether or not a line of continuity can be drawn into the future.