In Other Worlds: Beyond Measure

Worlds do not arrive fully formed. They unfold in the gaps of what we notice and what we overlook. They are held in place by grids of infrastructure, measure and control, organising movement, perception and value. 

But they can change when a story leans a little differently, when a thought takes an unexpected turn, when attention drifts towards what refuses to be counted. 

Here, the grid hesitates. Those neat lines of measure loosen, and other shapes begin to appear. Shapes that do not ask to be efficient, profitable, or absolute. 

In these openings…  

Neglected ecologies begin to speak back. Environments and more-than-human relationships emerge as active participants in shaping shared worlds.  

Hidden infrastructures of power surface, revealing the quiet systems through which we are often unknowingly controlled by.  

Embodied experiences inscribe themselves onto the self, unfolding through gesture and time.  

Possible futures emerge, different logics take hold, as the terms of reality are redefined. 

Together, the works we present in this exhibition ask what worlds become possible when we step, however briefly, beyond measure. 

In Other Worlds: Beyond Measure is a group exhibition featuring the works of students from the MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art. All the pieces on display were developed in response to a brief and Open Call with the same name, created by tutor Nestor Pestana in September 2025. 

Text by: Talisa Rubina 

Image by: Xingyu Fan 

Exhibiting Artists: 

Avik Chamoli 

Jung Min Yoon 

Kaiyi Chen 

Kunhao Shen 

Lotem Rozen 

Mai Anh Bui 

Salma Kabil 

Shuoyuan Cao 

Siyuan Wang 

Sohum Sharma 

Talisa Rubina 

Tamaki Miyase 

Wei Tan 

Wenjie Chen 

Xiaoyi Sun 

Xingyu Fan 

Xinping Li 

Yejin Seo 

Yiran Liu 

Zahra Baqer