About this episode

Liam Young discusses his work as an artist and speculative architect, exploring themes of future worlds and contemporary social issues.

Australian-born artist, filmmaker and speculative architect Liam Young discusses his work and cultural influences with John Wilson. Young creates imaginary future worlds through films and art installations to provoke discussion about present-day social and environmental issues – including climate change, energy, migration, and technology. His films, including Planet City and The Great Endeavour, have been shown at the Venice Biennale and museums including MOMA and the Smithsonian and the Barbican Centre in London has staged a major exhibition of his work called In Other Worlds. He holds guest professorships at universities including Princeton, MiT and Cambridge. In the commercial sector, Liam Young works as a consultant to major brands and the film industry on designing visions of the future. Producer: Edwina Pitman

People in this episode

Host: John Wilson

Guest: Liam Young

Topics covered

• speculative architecture
• climate change
• art installations
• future worlds
• social issues
• environmental issues

Keywords

• Liam Young
• speculative architecture
• climate change
• art installations
• future visions
• John Wilson
• environmental issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4, Princeton, MiT, Cambridge

Books & works: Planet City, The Great Endeavour, In Other Worlds

Places: Venice Biennale, MOMA, Smithsonian, Barbican Centre

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