A monumental eye turns the building’s gaze back towards the city. Participants’ personal stories are encoded into images of their irises and projected onto the dome. The work shifts portraiture into collective architecture: can making private vulnerabilities visible turn an institutional landmark into a place of listening?
Location : MIT Great Dome, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 12–14 March 2025; Artfinity festival. Documentation of the 2025 installation.
Artist : Behnaz Farahi leads the Critical Matter Group at MIT Media Lab. Her practice connects interactive design, bodies and architecture.
Sources : Behnaz Farahi / MIT Media Lab · MIT Media Lab.