A 2' x 3' frame featuring hundreds of mechanically
actuated
googly eyes that can look up, down, right, left or
straight ahead. The eyes are broken into about 20
different
sets of eyes all looking in a particular direction. No
matter
where you stand, there are at least 20 pairs of eyes
looking
at you because the entirety of the room is covered by all
the sets.
Every few seconds they all shift, the eyes aimed at +20
degrees horizontal, -40 degrees from vertical would all
move to another position, and a different set would
move
to cover their old position. Likewise, all the other eyes
shift to different positions but there is no portion of the
room that ever has no eyes directly trained on it.
The idea is, as you walked by, a set of 20 pairs of eyes
would shift their gaze to you as if following your every
movement. I believe our eyes are so attuned to being
looked at that we'd quickly perceive the eyes looking our
way as distinct from those not looking at us.
Now I'm not sure if this would work, but the principal is
that, if you're walking by a crowd of people and ten
percent of that crowd all turned to look at you at the
same
time everybody else turned to look somewhere else,
you'd
perceive that. I could be wrong, but if I'm not, this little
piece or art would look like the little eyeballs were
taking
turns following you around the room.
I think it could be a neat effect.