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.

Swung by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) to catch the Frieze festival film screenings. A string of short, experimental films touching on identity, memory and belonging.

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.

I was at the Feel the Sound exhibition today at the Barbican. 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 stayed 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.

There were some more grounding moments too, like encountering classical works by Ryuichi Sakamoto. And then there was Joyride by Temporary Pleasure, lighting up a car park with colour and bass!

This exhibition definitely 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 thesis in experimental typography and the role of concrete poetry back in 2018. The show does a great job of curating great works from the Italian Futurist movement and in post-war Britain.

At the third edition of Creative Coding Crafts Space, Ajith and I led a workshop where we recreated some iconic algorithmic artworks featured in Tate’s Electric Dreams exhibition. We also rolled these pen-plotted postcards for all participants to take home.