“Oculus” is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. “Oculus” will also be visible at the Cortlandt Street Station after construction is completed. Jones and Ginzel's work consists of over 300 unique mosaic renderings that use the oculus - the eye - as the central symbol. In their words, "’Oculus’ was created to personalize and integrate the stations. Eyes are both subtle and strong - they engage passing individuals, allowing for meditation or inviting dialogue." The eyes are from the artists' photographs taken in New York, which were selected for the diversity of the subjects' eyes. An enormous central eye set in the floor, grounds the composition and serves as the centerpiece of a map of the world which radiates outward.

Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel have worked collaboratively since 1985 on many commissioned private and public projects, as well as museum and gallery exhibitions internationally. Current and recent major works include the airports of Kansas City and Tampa, the Tiber River in Rome, and public buildings in Chicago, Columbus, Richmond and St. Louis. Jones and Ginzel have been commissioned to build a wide variety of major permanent site-specific works, including the Olympics in Atlanta, P.S. 1. In New York City, they have worked in two schools: Stuyvesant High School and at PS 102 in the Bronx, and they created Metronome in Union Square. Other Percent for Art projects include works for large public buildings in Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jones and Ginzel have received awards grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the Fulbright Scholar Program for research in Italy (twice), and the NEA Arts in Architecture and Inter-Arts grant. Jones and Ginzel were the first co-winners of the Rome Prize.