The Planet of Liam Young
Visionary architect-director, for the BBC he is 'the man who is designing our future'. His think tank Tomorrow's Thoughts Today anticipates the impact of technology. His films bring the great socio-environmental issues to life. Example: one city for the whole of humanity? He created it.
Liam Young is several things at once. Architect, filmmaker, thinker: a builder of worlds. It is worth trusting the BBC, which called the Australian ‘the man who is designing our future’. And through multiple languages.
On the one hand, Young transports us to the issues of our time through film. In his latest work, Planet City, we live inside a city built to house 10 billion people, the entire human population. Outside, only wilderness. The experience is spectacular, and uncanny.
On the other hand, Young is founder of the think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, with which he reflects on the impact of technology on our lives. The leitmotif of the projects is clear: to lean forward, to make the visionary an instrument of knowledge.
The festival presents Liam Young on the final day. The futurologist will take us into his work at the intersection of storytelling and “worldbuilding”, which has already found a home in many international venues such as Tribeca Film Festival, MoMA, V&A, TED. The best guest to project us into the world to come.
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Liam Young
Founder / Tomorrow's Thoughts Today
Brisbane (Australia)
Liam Young is an Australian architect and filmmaker. His work combines design, storytelling and filmmaking to imagine alternative worlds and possible futures — especially in urban settings.
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