2025

(xtl) Executable Transmutable Language  
by Kat Nzingha (@katnzinghasdead), Noa JC (@lilnoa95), & Sarah Kim (@sa_a_a)


Executable Transmutable Language (xtl) emerged from the innumerable potential embedded in the transmutational organism. Alluding to the experience of trans- and transitioning bodies, xtl constitutes an experimental lexicon/corpus of electronic sound and material symbols culminating in an immersive, multimedia installation.

We propose a language, tripartite: the subjectivity of the organism xtl.
Changes in the character of ‘X’ (existence) denote changes in the literal physical form: the shifting of cells, a transmutation of elements. 
The curvature of the secondary language, bc by or ’T’ (Transformation) denotes speed and length of interchange, evolution, and revolution. 
The diacritic ‘L’ (Life) signifies polarity, or consciousness. Through consciousness, transformation is elevated into transmutation—the divergence of the natural, single rational path into one of choice. 

Executable Transmutable Language (xtl) emerged from the concept of transmutation, and the unlimited possibilities within the mutant body. A changed and changing body allows access to different perceptions of reality and therefore, futurities. xtl demonstrates examples of those transmutational realities through experimental electronic sounds and material elements. We aim to create a reality that communicates through mutation using a combination of three artistic mediums, sculptural art, sound design, and video projection. Transmutation expands on alchemy’s definition by focusing on the lasting continuity of change within the body of the trans/mutant, rather than the final stability of a transformed product. Nothing is lost, there is no death in our transformation. Transmutation invokes the chemical and metaphysical changes within the trans body that prolong existence. Like the sky reshaping itself overhead and the world rotating in space, the transmutation of bodies confirms our aliveness. 






Material, the sum of pure matter in the total ecosystem. A liminal existence has no physical boundaries, ‘a body’, but is made up of the constant interchange of energy between forms. When existence leaves liminality, the interchange of energy rests into mass. Changes in the character of ‘X’ (existence) denote changes in the literal physical form: the shifting of cells, a transmutation of elements. 
Through interaction with other forms, either individual or the greater subsuming body of the environment, the body ‘X’ changes. The secondary script represents movement, and by extension time, as motion can only be experienced through time. The curvature of the secondary language, or ’T’ (Transformation) denotes speed and length of interchange, evolution, and revolution. 
The final component, or ‘L’ (Life) signifies polarity, or consciousness. This diacritic script inflect a spiritual component to the body-form. Will is the superhighway of desire or intention, the pursuit of a series of actions through incremental changes in time, and therefore, the selection of a specific future from a multitude of possibilities. Through the consciousness, simple transformation is elevated into transmutation—the divergence from the natural, single rational path into one of choice.
The language exists in the context of all three scripts as nonlinear transformation can only emerge with more than one variable. X alone delineate the mass of the material object, with no window into its subjectivity. When acted upon by T, one perceives X as a proliferation of multitudes, its form fixed only in the nothingness of present. With the addition of L, the body now has a conscience, a journey, and purpose. There is a meaning to all this. Although the light is dim beneath the new moon, there is meaning to this.


(xtl) Executable Transmutable Language OST (USB) Tracklist: 

annihil @ann1h1l
MIRROR WOUND @vrbanet
words by Evangeline Brooks @notorious_v_a_n
Ishtar Sr. @ishtar.sr
Mercury Symbol @mercurysymbol
kat nzingha @katnzinghasdead
mixed by: kat nzingha @katnzinghasdead


(xtl) Executable Transmutable Language Scent: Eeyaj

Black walnut oil
Silver and nickel oil
Vanilla 
Cedar wood
Frankincense 
Vetiver 
Coffee oil

created by MIRROR WOUND @vrbanet and Sarah Kim (sa_a_a)



We’d like to dedicate this exhibition to our dear friend, Sasha. 
She will forever be missed. In honor of her life we’d appreciate you donating to Morris Home where she worked as an advocate for the wellbeing of trans and nonbinary people.Morris Home supports transgender and nonbinary individuals with a gender-affirming and supportive environment as they develop the knowledge, skills, and supports necessary to promote sobriety, manage emotional and behavioral difficulties, choose and maintain safe and healthy lifestyles, and develop healthy relationships with peers, family and the community. Morris Home, the only residential recovery program in the country to offer comprehensive services specifically for the transgender and gender-expansive community, provides a safe, recovery-oriented environment in which people exist as their authentic selves and are treated with respect and dignity.

donation link:
https://angelink.com/fundraiser-public/53577553-73fb-49d3-98b5-30608e595e19