Tactile Realms: the MYST experience by artist Christopher Robin Nordström is premiering at Galleri Gemla. The exhibition recreates the virtual game world from the computer game Myst (1993) in the form of miniature models created by hand, from the ground up, by the artist himself. The installation portrays the island that the player inhabits in the game: its landscape, architecture, soundscape, a number of objects and interiors that the player can enter.
However, the work is not only a visual reproduction of the game, but also a kind of practical reproduction. At the very back of the room stands a desk with a computer screen where visitors can play the real Myst game, only what is shown on screen are the physical miniature models that Christopher has recreated.