Diego Luna, ‘Andor’ Star Denise Gough, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Ayoade Lend Their Voices to Liam Young’s Immersive Experience ‘In Other Worlds’
Hollywood Reporter
Last updated: May 21, 2026
The Barbican Centre in London presents "In Other Worlds," an immersive exhibition exploring imagined futures for the planet, grounded in real technology and climate possibilities. Created by Liam Young and featuring collaborators from film, TV, literature, and science, the exhibition aims to inspire hopeful visions for the future.
- The exhibition offers a journey through six distinct worlds, experienced through audio stories, films, tapestries, costumes, installations, and projections.
- Notable voices contributing to the experience include Diego Luna, Jeffrey Wright, Maxine Peake, and space scientist Maggie Aderin.
- Writers such as Lisa Joy and Kim Stanley Robinson, along with costume designer Ane Crabtree, have lent their expertise to the project.
- "In Other Worlds" seeks to move beyond dystopian narratives, prompting visitors to consider hopeful future scenarios and the impact of current decisions.
- The exhibition showcases speculative concepts like the "World Machine," "Technoglomerates," a new Aboriginal space industry, and "Planet City," a futuristic metropolis designed for Earth's entire population.
- Creator Liam Young emphasizes that the future is an act of creation, not something that happens passively, and the exhibition serves as a rehearsal for the world to come.
- The Barbican's Luke Kemp highlights the exhibition's aim to place visitors at the heart of exploring crucial contemporary topics and imagining alternative futures.
- Young describes the presented visions as provocative and confrontational, focusing on large-scale infrastructural and atmospheric transformations rather than conventional hopeful imagery, aiming to match the scale of current crises.
- The exhibition concludes by suggesting that current crises are more a matter of imagination than technology, underscoring the potential for profound change through altered perspectives and collective action.
