Lecture: Liam Young

Liam Young, Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, will lecture at the College of Architecture and Design on Monday, Oct. 10, as part of the Robert B. Church Lecture Series.  The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the Art + Architecture Building’s McCarty Auditorium, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard.  It is free and open to the public.

Young is the founder of the think tank, Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, a group whose work explores the possibilities of fantastic, speculative and imaginary urbanisms. He also co-manages Unknown Fields Division, a nomadic research studio that travels on location shoots and expeditions around the world to document emerging trends.

Young has been acclaimed by the BBC, NBC, Wired, Guardian, Time Magazine, and Dazed and Confused, and his work has been collected by institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He has taught internationally including the Architectural Association and Princeton University and now runs a post-graduate program, Fiction and Entertainment, at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It offers continuing education units and will be streamed live.

In addition to the lecture, Young will exhibit Oct. 10-30 at UT’s Ewing Gallery, located in the Art + Architecture Building.