Initiated as a 3-day workshop at Dinacon Digital Naturalism Conference at DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa 2022, became the 10-day “DHAM DHAM Riddim” Bootcamp in 2024. It evolved during Dinacon 2025 at Sea Communities, Les, Bali as the instrument building-project “Sonified Plastics” and it will soon arrive in Berlin as an 8-day intensive at 90mil.
“DHAM DHAM cycles” features conversations with collaborators [all links to Instagram] Luci Dayhew, Dinoj M, SajaS in Sri Lanka and Pipin and Wira, in Les, Bali and Sanjey Sureshkumar who founded SASUSU Radio in Tromsø, Norway. It also features the often singing voices and music produced by of numerous participants including: Yash, Abhi, Kabhi, Sakithyan, Wilan, Naya, Rangga and many more. Also included is a short interview with Putu Eka Darmawan, an entrepreneur and inventor of a plastic recycling system in Bali.
Thaalam Riddim Reapers poster by Brendy Hale, 2022.