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“Binocular Tension” is a light box showing two human eyes that track and follow the observer with a built-in computerized tracking system. When a member of the public is detected, their presence triggers the eyes to wake up, looking at the visitor directly, creating an uncanny experience that questions who is the observer and who is the observed. Over 1,500 photographs were used to create this interactive stop-motion artwork. The piece is part of a series on surveillance that started in 1992 with “Surface Tension,” which shows a giant human eye following the observer with Orwellian precision. In this series of works, the artist creates a tangible manifestation of observation as the subject of the work of art. Here, eye contact is presented as a technological mechanism of sentience, seduction, policing, and control.