The Symbiont nurtures a malingering need for constant attention. When it becomes evident to the Symbiont through the eye tracking device that it has lost eye contact, it begins to act like a child having lost the attention of its mother. It pinches and clings retracts its nipple until it regains the attention of the viewer. During the whole event, the assistant is there to offer both technical and moral support.

The Symbiont is a commentary on our increasing desire to have interdependence with technology, acting as a parody for machines we depend on in our daily lives. These machines range from the Stairmaster to personalized home entertainment to life support. As technology moves into more areas of our lives and brains, the technology conversely becomes more dependent on complex human machinations to survive. What results is a more complicated, emotional experience between ourselves and our creations.