International Talk: Liam Young

Come join us for a thought-provoking presentation, visual storytelling, and conversation where ideas are not merely presented, but experienced and shared. 

This evening’s guest is Liam Young, the world-renowned Australian architect and filmmaker, who works at the intersection of architecture, film, and fiction. Through powerful visual narratives, he opens new ways of seeing technology, cities, and climate, offering alternative visions of the future that are at once critical, poetic, and unsettlingly relevant.

Join Liam Young for a sensory and immersive storytelling performance: Planetary Imaginaries. Blending fiction and documentary, the work takes you on a sci-fi safari through a screen-based landscape of alternative - and hopeful - worlds.

For generations, humans have left their mark on the planet. Through colonization, globalization, and the relentless extraction of resources, we have transformed the world to such an extent that the impact can be felt from the cellular level to the Earth’s vast geological movements. What science fiction once warned us about suddenly feels disturbingly familiar. Planetary Imaginaries opens a space where you can both glimpse tomorrow and see the current climate crisis in a new light, not as something that lies ahead of us, but as something unfolding all around us right now. 

The film The Great Endeavour in the exhibition Age of Nature

 In our current exhibition Age of Nature, you can experience Liam Young’s film The Great Endeavour - a visual, poetic, and hopeful vision of how humanity might collaborate to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. The work weaves together climate, culture, technology, and collective mobilization.

About Liam Young

 Liam Young is an artist, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer who creates imaginary worlds to explore the futures we fear, dream of — and are already in the process of shaping. The BBC has described him as the man who designs our futures. His films and works have been presented internationally on platforms such as Channel 4, Tribeca, and the Venice Biennale, as well as in museums including MoMA, the Smithsonian, and the V&A. He also advises companies and institutions such as Nike, Google, and NASA JPL, and currently leads the master’s program Fiction and Entertainment at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.

Practical Information:

• Language: The event will be held in English
• As a DAC Club member, you have free admission, but ticket booking is required. Log in with your email address to access club pricing. Club members may bring the number of guests specified on their club card.
• Student Discount: Special student rate available
• Food & Drinks: Enjoy food and refreshments at the DAC Café before the event - you can book your table here.
• Tip: Visit the DAC exhibitions before or after the event, we close at 21:00

 The series is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation