Part 'genius'. Part 'outsider'. Picasso cultivated this idea of the Artist as a solo creative and a solitary genius crafting his own image through performance.

The Titanic Belfast sits right beside the very slipways where she was designed, built and launched. The museum traces the story of Titanic from her conception, engineering and launch, to her maiden voyage and subsequent place in history. Even though you know how it ends, experiencing the scale of it all so intimately changes how you see the story. So surreal!

Secret Maps at the British Library explores how, across history, maps have been used to conceal as much as they reveal. It touches on some critical themes, considers how maps have been used for devising imperial strategies, wartime deceptions and right up to surveillance tools of today.

Aperiodic Monotiles. These tiles make patterns that go on forever without repeating and were discovered in 2022 by David Smith, a recreational mathematician from Yorkshire.

Checked out Ryoji Ikeda's new installation. It had all the usual elements of data + mathematical abstraction + large scale audio-visual aesthetics. But I've some tensions I sit with. The work is stunning, but also intense to the point of being a visual assault. It is meticulously engineered for scale and spectacle but all that abstraction makes me wonder what is anchoring all this and what should I exactly walk away with? It is is beautiful but also inaccessible and obscure.

Spent a quiet evening at the Wellcome Collection. Thirst is an exhibition that traces our relationship with freshwater through history, conflict, climate and care.

I got a closer look at the map of Cholera distribution during the last outbreak in London (1866). Saw a ton of other early visualisation works. Below are a few: the earliest account of war for water in a cuneiform tablet, early meteorological studies, albeit for colonial extraction, and an ancient decorated drain cover.

Dropped by the MIT Museum. Their current collection ranges from early robotics to kinetic sculptures brought to life. The AI: Mind the Gap exhibition explored the promises and pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence with thought and a sense of urgency.

Visited the Letterform Archive to check out their One Hundred Objects of Typographic Design. The warmest folks kindly let me dig through their collection, flip through some incredible books, and just soak in the space. Type nerd heaven!

I visited the SF Exploratorium and honestly, it was an absolute delight! Got to play around with science in the most fun, hands-on way. It totally made me feel like a kid again.

I was at the Feel the Sound exhibition today at the Barbican. It was a genuinely absorbing experience with 11 different installations. The works are spread across the building, even into the car parks and outdoor spaces, and each one explores sound in an unique way.

A few pieces really resonated with me. I found Forever Frequencies by Domestic Data Streamers quite moving. It maps personal memories onto sound, so, I was naturally drawn towards it, given my interest in building collective archives. I also really liked Elsewhere in India's futuristic piece. I'm seeing their work for the second time in London. A visually lush and layered installation that embraces India’s cultural richness and unapologetic maximalism.

I encountered some classical works by Ryuichi Sakamoto. And then there was Joyride by Temporary Pleasure, lighting up a car park with colour and bass!

This exhibition surely draws you in. It will make you slow down and notice how sound moves through space, and through you.

I visited the Breaking Lines exhibition at the Estorick Collection. Super thrilled to see some Futurists poetry and Dom Sylvester Houédard's original works on display. Both had significantly informed my inquiry in experimental typography and the role of concrete poetry. The show did a great job of curating great works from the Italian Futurist movement and in post-war Britain.