Broadcasts from a better world.

At first glance, Star Trek and Eurovision share little in common. One projects a utopian future, the other offers a glitter-drenched celebration of the present. But for me, they form two halves of the same worldview. A belief in the never-ending power of possibility, and a fascination with how we choose to express it.

Star Trek dares to imagine a future where humanity has outgrown its infancy. Capitalism, conflict, and prejudice are relics of the past. In their place, cooperation, curiosity, and an evolved sense of purpose. What inspires me most isn’t just the notion of paradise-like United Earth, it’s the thinking and systems that allow it to exist. The show’s vision of technology isn’t dystopian or cold, unlike most other sci-fi on offer. Nor is it a propagator of cyclical consumerism and capitalism taken to the brink. Instead, Star Trek’s technology is assistive, imaginative and above all, profoundly human. Tools like universal translators and replicators don’t just solve problems, they raise questions about technology’s true role. What if technology could remove the root of division… scarcity itself? And in doing so, create the conditions for us to become not just more advanced, but more compassionate, equitable, and endlessly curious?

Eurovision, meanwhile, offers a thrilling glimpse into the now. What happens when nations tell their stories not through politics, but music, performance and art. For a few glorious hours each year, flags become emblems of shared pride and human generosity. Countries cease becoming political behemoths and turn into vessels of cultural joy. Through sound, story and design we’re invited into a nation’s mythos: its fashion, its staging, its lyrics, its collective sense of self. It’s a portal to identity, heritage, and philosophy. But more than that, it’s also a masterclass in communication. Consider the brief: Move an audience of 200 million people across language and context in under three minutes in order to win their vote. In that sense, Eurovision is more than a spectacle, it’s a case study in universal storytelling.

And it’s within these fascinating precepts that I live and create. At the intersection of Star Trek’s philosophical futurism and Eurovision’s expressive present.

One teaches me to dream. The other, how to share those dreams as stories with the world.

It’s a creative ground. Hopeful and unbound, always reaching past the expected. A place to dream forward, to shape a culture of possibility. And from there... who knows how far we’ll go?

Image Credit: EBU, Corinne Cumming