Every time I walk into Outernet London, I’m hit by the sheer scale of the screens. They’re massive—beyond anything I’d ever imagined growing up in Odisha. Back home, the biggest screen I saw was probably an LTV display outside a shop, or the cinema in Bhubaneswar or Bombay. But this? This feels like stepping into a digital cathedral. So to witness the Digital Direction cohort—my people—exhibiting their work in this space, with these towering visuals and immersive tech setups, it genuinely made me pause. I didn’t have a piece on display myself this time, but it didn’t feel like I was on the outside.
I got to be deeply involved—documenting the entire exhibition from day one, capturing every shift, every detail, every little glitch that made it human. And now to see RCA using my photos officially on their website? That’s a quiet kind of joy I don’t know how to describe.
The exhibition—NOW. GATHER. CHANGE.—was an honest attempt to hold up a mirror to our present moment. The works explored everything from artificial intelligence to climate breakdown, from virtual spaces to old griefs that still sit inside us. Across the huge Outernet space and RCA’s White City campus, the pieces pulsed with urgency, but also with care. It wasn’t just about tech or spectacle.
It was about storytelling, and the space between the digital and the deeply human. I spent hours helping set up, documenting behind-the-scenes moments, and just being around people trying to make sense of the world through immersive media. I think I’ve realised I really value that part of the process—the slow, invisible work that builds a show from scratch.
