Section / Investigations
These are not projects. They are investigations — questions held over years, sometimes decades, that take whatever form they need: hardware, software, fieldwork, film, writing, prototypes, partnerships.
Active
2021 — Present
Protecting Sandalwood Ecosystems
An inquiry into ecological stewardship through community-centered design, GPS systems, and distributed sensor networks. Protecting at-risk sandalwood forests while honoring the traditional guardianship practices that have done so for centuries.
Active
2020 — Present
Urban Ecological Commons
Mapping the disappearing lake networks of Bangalore through iceberg models and systems diagrams. An inquiry into water governance, land-use politics, and the slow erosion of urban commons.
Concluded
2019 — 2022
Trust Infrastructure for Farmers
Frameworks for distributed trust in food supply chains — exploring how blockchain primitives can return value and agency to producers without replicating extractive structures.
Active
2022 — Present
Democratizing Spatial Audio Through Open Hardware
An open-source first-order ambisonic microphone developed at The Indian Sonic Research Organisation and ArtScienceBLR — research into how listening infrastructures can be democratized through open hardware, documentation, and shared knowledge.
Active
2022 — Present
Documentary on Urbanisation & Labour
A long-form documentary investigation into disappearing commons, ecological transitions, and labour in rapidly urbanising South India. Includes sub-projects Washing Rituals and Silent Shuttles.
Active
2023 — Present
Symbolic Systems & AI
An inquiry into how generative systems can carry — rather than flatten — the symbolic logic of zodiacs, calendars, and divinatory schemes.