"When a meteor impacts with the earth, a black glass-like substance is sometimes produced inside, a crystalline form which is both natural and extra-terrestrial..." Starting from this "crystalline form" of an ominous black gem the projection uncoils upwards, moving through desolate digital roadside attractions, exploding into detail of uninhabited metropolis or contracting into simple geometric shapes.

I find myself drawn into the illusion on the large projection screen, traveling through its three-dimensional and two-dimensional terrains, while the piano at the other end of the room, stuffed with an alarming amount of technology like on some kind of digital life support, erupts a low majestic noise, an anthem for the extra-terrestrial spaces.

Talking to Patrick Jameson unveils a net of cross-references behind the work: the spaces in the projection are based on the Eliel Saarinen Art Noveau pavilion for Finland at the 1900 World Exposition in Paris, the centerpiece of which was the Bjurböle Meteor that fell to earth on southern Finland in 1899. The sound of the mechanically altered piano is created using the vibrations of the piano strings and refers to the vibrations that are recorded when a meteor lands on earth. The artist explains that because the vibrations of the meteor cannot be heard, the piano sound does not imitate them, but is related to them in the same way that post-production sound effects are related to fights in Hollywood blockbusters. The sound is produced ‘live’ in the exhibition space providing with its unpredictability an interesting counterbalance to the finished, infallible quality of the projection.

However in this digital perfection I also find the stylistic key to the show, as it reveals inside the rough, deceivingly unremarkable surface of a meteor this glamorous crystalline discovery. Another black gem lies on top of the piano: smaller and less threatening than its digital counterpart, but with more weight and physicality. Again, not an imitation of a real object but a metaphor, a tribute – without breaking any of Eliel’s rules it adds a comforting sense of gravity to this digital research-play.