DIY Crowdfunding hacks island-style, Imaad Majeed | Creator Tales 028

About this episode

Imaad Majeed discusses DIY crowdfunding hacks and their creative journey with friend Dylan Prins.

One should expect such a sharp writer to pull no punches, however Imaad Majeed gives equal parts flowers and flames in this classically uncensored deep dive where they re-connect with an old creative co-conspirator and friend, Dylan Prins (FKA Larry T Hill). This episode shot by Riyal Riffai Imaad Majeed is a multidisciplinary artist, curator and writer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They are Director and Curator of the trilingual performance platform “KACHA KACHA”. They are one part of the artist collective “The Packet” and VJ/DJ of “Packet Radio” (SUPR FM). They enjoy making playlists, DJing as “imaDJinn”, and writing about musicians from Sri Lanka for international music blogs. They are Project Coordinator and Co-Curator of Thattu Pattu, a platform for music from the fringes of Sri Lanka. Their poetry has been published in “Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala and English poetry from Sri Lanka and its diasporas”, “CITY: A Journal of South Asian Literature”, as well as the local small-press chapbooks “Lime Plain Tea” and “Annasi & Kadalagotu”. Their artwork, in various mediums, has been featured at NeMLA, Tamil Studies Symposium, Queer Tamil Collective, Eternal Internet…

People in this episode

Guests: Imaad Majeed, Dylan Prins

Topics covered

• crowdfunding
• art
• music
• performance
• Sri Lanka

Keywords

• multidisciplinary artist
• curator
• writer
• KACHA KACHA
• The Packet
• Packet Radio

Mentioned in this episode

Products: KACHA KACHA, Packet Radio, Thattu Pattu

Books & works: Out of Sri Lanka, CITY: A Journal of South Asian Literature, Lime Plain Tea, Annasi & Kadalagotu, KANNOORU

Places: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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