The Gaze is an interactive net art piece that explores the pervasive reach of surveillance in a dystopian future where control has permeated every aspect of life. Set in the year 2050,the piece interrogates how governmental oversight extends beyond mere physical spaces, invading thoughts and emotions. In this reality, genuine expression is stifled, and compliance becomes the currency of survival.

Amid a reality where funding flows freely into surveillance infrastructure while support for artists dries up, The Gaze confronts the violence of control disguised as order. The piece invites users to step into a digital realm where every action is observed and catalogued—raising urgent questions about autonomy, resistance, and what it means to remain human under constant scrutiny.

The Gaze is featured in the third edition of Trà Thế Giới, a risograph zine curated by Wedogood. The zine provides a platform for emerging artists and designers to respond to shifting cultural, political, and speculative themes. With the theme “Last Man Standing,” this edition explores survival, collapse, and the systems that determine who is left behind. Within this context, The Gaze offers a meditation on visibility, power, and the subversive possibilities of art in a world increasingly defined by control.