The visual elements, designed by Gabriela Friðriksdóttir (who’s worked with Bjork), swirl and eddy around the room with the manic energy of a psychedelic cartoon. There are around 40 spectators at each performance, disconcertingly transformed by the headset into something akin to bowling pins waddling through the space. Otherwise the imagery aims to match elements of the music: the first piece Wang plays is Ravel’s “Jeux d’eau” (“water games”) and sure enough, watery images flood forth. Later, Wang seems about to be engulfed by flames, while at one point, the piano apparently rises into the air while the ground beneath our feet sinks, generating an unnervingly queasy feeling.
