oculus

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A large open-air square, which Halsey calls an oculus, contains carvings of neighborhood landmarks, faces, signs and symbols.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, string connects all this to a giant collage on the wall, to the oculus in the Guggenheim’s ceiling, and all the way down to the boat-shaped fountain in the ground-floor atrium.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

At ground level, a circular port called an oculus will allow passersby to peer into a 325,000-gallon coral canyon teeming with thousands of fish and invertebrates.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Near the end, as Jlin makes a bit of Mozart sound like it’s echoing in outer space, images of birth are projected onto the oculus like a vision through a porthole.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

She confirmed that she had scaled the spire and entered through the oculus, but claimed she hadn’t come to steal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor