Seattle artists Thom Heileson and Wyndel Hunt have teamed up at SOIL to create an environment in which buildings—and sounds—stretch to the point of disappearance.

The piece is titled Free Dissociation, and it combines sound by Hunt with Heileson’s imagery, especially of construction sites around the city.

By the time Heileson’s photographs make it to the screen, their surroundings have been washed out. The hollow, half-built buildings themselves are almost unintelligible as they float by, on the wave of Hunt’s heavy drone composition.

With projections on three sides, there’s the sense of constantly missing something that’s being projected right in front of you.

The first section of the installation is different. The images are more abstracted, the sounds are sharper, and the whole thing is synced up so they flash together, sort of like the high-art version of a trailer for a summer blockbuster. It’s the watery “film” that follows that’s worth waiting for.

SOIL is open noon-5 Thursdays to Sundays, and the show, also including an interactive laser installation by Iole Alessandrini, is up through November 30.