About the artist
Thelma Ndebele is a non-binary (they/them) candidate architect whose interest lies in music as an alternative translation of place, as well as an archive of lived space. Their research and observations made during their post-graduate studies have culminated in them regarding music as a metric of place, specifically in clubs and event venues that host (sub)cultures that can be identified by the music produced and consumed by said social groups. When DJing, DORMANTYOUTH gravitates towards electronically-produced bass music, especially sounds that boom from underground scenes in rarely observed (musically) parts of the world. Their alias as DORMANTYOUTH along with their day job as an architect allows them to shape interactions between body and space, providing an eye-opening lens on how greatly sound can affect space and interpersonal interaction.
