This is where Systems Unbound begins: in a world shaped by collapsing institutions, mass surveillance, environmental crisis and identities under continuous pressure. These conditions are not isolated but closely connected, supported by systems that decide what counts as knowledge, whose stories are remembered, which communities survive, how we see ourselves and each other.
Systems Unbound is not just a title, it is a way to explore the complex ecologies of the systems that surround us through encounters, stories, media, materialities and the senses.
We do not offer a single vision. Instead, we share many critical, personal and speculative perspectives. Some of us work with code, movement and space. Others focus on memory, identity and ecology. What brings us together is a shared desire to tell meaningful stories about the systems we live with, systems that can be taken apart, and systems that can be rebuilt.
Head of Programme: Tom Simmons
Website Development: Lejin Fan
Graphic Design: Jia Luo, Yupan Du, Joshua Ray