In a world of escalating climate crises, bold dreams aren’t optional—they’re essential. What if, instead of unchecked expansion and environmental...

Planet City: Live

Location:

2 Angel Place
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:
City Recital Hall
Price:
From $45.00
Planet City: Live
Planet City: Live

Featuring

Liam Young headshot

Liam Young

Liam Young is a designer, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer, working at the intersection of fiction, design and future thinking. Described by the BBC as “the man designing our futures,” his visionary films explore urgent environmental questions. His work has premiered on Apple+, Channel 4, at SXSW, Tribeca, and The Venice Biennale and is held in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Victoria & Albert Museum and Art Institute of Chicago.

Forest Swords

Forest Swords

Liverpool-based producer, composer, and artist Forest Swords (Matthew Barnes) is known for his immersive, genre-blurring soundscapes. His critically acclaimed albums (Bolted, via Ninja Tune) and collaborations with Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry and Björk have cemented his status as a sonic innovator. Barnes has also composed for the Norwegian National Ballet and the touring production of Fedra. His ongoing collaborations with artist Liam Young have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.

Event Details

In a world of escalating climate crises, bold dreams aren’t optional—they’re essential. What if, instead of unchecked expansion and environmental destruction, we radically reversed our course? What if the entire global population lived in one hyper-dense city, leaving the rest of the planet to rewild?

In a world-first, designer, director and BAFTA-nominated producer Liam Young brings his visionary speculative film, Planet City to life in an immersive experience like no other. Presented in partnership with Sydney Film Festival and accompanied by a live performance of its haunting Forest Swords score, this boundary-pushing event presents a breathtaking image of a radical new world order. 

Join us for this revelatory and urgent examination of our choices, our impact and the possibilities still within our grasp.

 

This event is presented in partnership with Sydney Film Festival and City Recital Hall.

Location

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