A real-time work of sound & light
Malefi-scent's Descent
A vigil over a single flower, sung for as long as it took to bloom and die.
Understory · The Amazon Spheres · Seattle · 2026
The work
In the summer of 2026, a corpse flower named Malefi-scent bloomed in the understory of the Amazon Spheres. For as long as she lived, a single sensor read her temperature and humidity — and those readings became sound and light in real time: a heartbeat set by her warmth, a lullaby in C♯ that darkened and thinned as she cooled, and a slow, breathing field of light.
Nothing was recorded. Every moment was synthesised from her own vital signs, and never repeated.
She opened, and within days she was gone. What remains is her portrait — and her song, which now keeps the vigil from memory. Read the full text →
Experience it
The living piece
A full-screen work of sound and light that still plays — now from the memory of her recorded life. Give it a moment, with the sound on.
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