Painting Nahhamu is the fourth piece completed as part of the Welcome to Hasla series, an ongoing investigation of our sense of place through aural experiences and a dreamed-up journey to imaginary cities. Nahhamu is one of the 76 imaginary cities named by Sung-Eun Kim and is believed to have been erected from a single Sequoia shoot.

Commissioned by IMEB, Bourges, France, Painting Nahhamu was composed with the support of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin program at Charybde Studio in Bourges, France, the Electroacoustic Studio at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, and the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio in Ohain, Belgium.