Liam Young's Planetary Imaginaries Exhibition at SCI-Arc Gallery Presents Planetary Punk Visions

Liam Young's exhibition Planetary Imaginaries opened at SCI Arc Gallery in Los Angeles on March 2, 2026. The show presents a new aesthetic called Planetary Punk, moving beyond dystopian cyberpunk and solarpunk narratives to imagine large-scale environmental restoration. Collaborating with science fiction writers from around the world, Young explores hopeful futures through films, miniatures, costumes, action figures, and speculative architectures. Specific visions include transforming old oil rigs into coral islands, constructing mountain-like infrastructures, creating massive parks within cities, and launching rockets from decommissioned gas fields. Young, a BAFTA-nominated producer and futurist, consults for major organizations including Google, NASA, and Nike. His academic work includes coordinating the Masters in Fiction and Entertainment at SCI-Arc and authoring books like 'Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post Anthropocene' and 'Planet City'. The exhibition's narrative fragments span from microscopic to planetary scales, examining humanity's role in vast ecological repair projects. Young's films and worlds have been featured at venues such as the Venice Biennale, Tribeca, and collected by institutions including MoMA, the Smithsonian, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.