A recent exhibition suggests that our drive to develop new technologies indicates a spiritual need to manage ‘existential uncertainty’This dense, heady show by Seoul-based artist Im Youngzoo is anchored by an hour-long, seven-channel video installation. On it lies what appears to be a foil-covered corpse in a VR headset (The Late VR, 2025–26). Im Youngzoo, The Late 故, 2026 (installation view, Space ZeroOne, New York). In view of this, The Late VR increasingly resembles not a wake for a headset-addicted human but a requiem for technological progress itself. Im Youngzoo: The Late 故 is on view at Space ZeroOne, New York though 25 JulyFrom the Summer 2026 issue of ArtReview Asia – get your copy.