at the end of the sentence, it rotted is a performing sound installation.
Water is pumped into the pond and reversed every four hours, performing a slow transformation where rust accumulates and biomaterial decays. A live soundscape, programmed as an evolving ecosystem, sonifies the writing strokes, reproducing them in cycles similar to mold and microbial life.
When language defines who is included and who is not, at the end of the sentence, it rotted seeks a pre- or post-language rooted in affect, in decay, and in the body. Locating resistance in unlearning fluency, the work turns to the rotting and the misread as a ground for speculative speech.
