Chicago’s Watchful Eye

Public art can be pretty eldritch , but seldom is it as unearthly as “ EYE , ” an unblinking , three story marvellous eyeball that ’s now frighten off the dickens out of Chicago .

Tony Tasset , the creative person and orb model behind the work , understands as much : “ It ’s meant to be singular and eldritch . ” It is at least one of those thing !

The optic , which was painted by script , construct with 9000 pounds of fibreglass and 9000 more pounds of steel , and cost , according to a director involved in fund the labor , “ a little over the six - figures Deutsche Mark , ” will be on show on Chicago ’s Loop until October 31 . On that particular date , it will become sentient , roll out to the suburbs and scare the shit out of all the john or negotiant . [ Laughing SquidandFast companionship ]