In an age where one's most valuable assets are packed into seemingly secure digital devices, the anatomy of the traditional key changes in the way it presents itself. The key was once a material object, with carefully designed ridges, embodied with a sense of physical possession and the ability to be held secure in real space. It now takes forms that are often intangible and hidden within the confines of the mind.

The Pattern is one of such new-age keys. Each user, confronted with the same 9 dots, engages in a performace exclusive to them. This performance not only allows one access to the world around them, but also to one built on their own personal lives. Compromising the secrecy of this new-age key is then a a threat not just to one's possessions but also their identities and ways of being.