{"id":5210,"date":"2026-09-24T14:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=5210"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:49:50","slug":"behnaz-farahi-critical-matter-group-gaze-to-the-stars-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/behnaz-farahi-critical-matter-group-gaze-to-the-stars-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Behnaz Farahi \/ Critical Matter Group \u2014 Gaze to the Stars (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fragment-video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYhpyfF_Pcs?origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffragmentation.fr\" title=\"Behnaz Farahi \/ Critical Matter Group \u2014 Gaze to the Stars (2025)\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;height:auto\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A monumental eye turns the building\u2019s gaze back towards the city. Participants\u2019 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?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location :<\/strong> MIT Great Dome, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 12\u201314 March 2025; Artfinity festival. Documentation of the 2025 installation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist :<\/strong> Behnaz Farahi leads the Critical Matter Group at MIT Media Lab. Her practice connects interactive design, bodies and architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/behnazfarahi.com\/Gaze-to-the-stars\/\">Behnaz Farahi \/ MIT Media Lab<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/projects\/gaze-to-the-stars\/overview\/\">MIT Media Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A monumental eye turns the building\u2019s gaze back towards the city. Participants\u2019 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? 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