Students from Diploma Unit 11, led by Shin Egashira, will hold an exhibition of their work in the Ronald and Rita McAulay Gallery of the Royal Academy in London this month. The exhibition, titled London Un-Masqued, will present twelve objects, one collage and an atlas that frame London as a strange yet familiar place in which alternative cities exist within the city – an idea influenced by China Miéville’s fantasy novel Un Lun Dun (2007).

The students have worked together to investigate the urban transformation of London through a collage in which unbuilt, existing and demolished fragments of London together form an alternate city. The objects and the collage are in dialogue within the exhibition, continuously (in)forming one another and fusing narratives with tangible phenomena to present alternative readings of the city we inhabit.

The exhibition is on view from Tuesday 7 February and an evening reception will be held on Friday 10 February from 7–9pm GMT. View photographs of the exhibit on the Royal Academy Instagram page.