SPACES, Grant Yun’s latest body of work, thoughtfully investigates the profound transformations in our built environments driven by technological innovation, automation, and shifting labor paradigms. Created over several years, Yun’s vector-based illustrations reflect critically upon how exponential advances in artificial intelligence, remote work, digitization, and data infrastructure have reshaped the relationships between humanity, productivity, and physical space.
Throughout the past century, society’s evolving needs have radically altered urban and suburban landscapes, rapidly changing how we interact with our surroundings and redefining what we deem essential. Yun specifically highlights the rise, and subsequent questioning of commercial office spaces, once icons of economic vitality, now increasingly symbols of ambiguity. As artificial intelligence and digitization blur the boundaries between work, identity, and culture, Yun raises critical questions about value: How will physical spaces retain their relevance in an increasingly virtual world? Who benefits from this profound shift, and who is left behind? What does this mean for our collective understanding of ownership, identity, and productivity?