Barbican to host Liam Young's first UK solo exhibition 'In Other Worlds' in 2026
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Abbey Bamford
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Summary
The Barbican Centre has announced "In Other Worlds," the first UK solo exhibition by artist, director and BAFTA-nominated producer Liam Young, running from 21 May to 6 September 2026. The immersive exhibition will explore speculative futures shaped by climate realities and emerging technologies through new films, models, tapestries and soundscapes, including a major commission for the Barbican. Young's work blurs boundaries between design, fiction and futures thinking, creating imagined landscapes that sit between warning and possibility.
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Titled In Other Worlds, the exhibition will take over Barbican Centre from 21 May to 6 September 2026 and promises an ambitious, cinematic journey into speculative futures shaped by climate realities and emerging technologies.
Young's work has long blurred the boundaries between design, fiction and futures thinking.
His films and imagined landscapes often sit somewhere between warning and possibility.
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