The Stag is an interactive artwork, crafted to explore the relationship between human and animal through technology and art. The embodied interaction reflects animalistic responses like moving closer or feeling the heartbeat that allow to be explored through touch, similar to the engagement with a live animal. The response to interaction by the stag is visualized by changing interference patterns of light, surrounding animal and person. Prior to engaging in the interaction with the stag, the artwork strives to have an impact on the person by relating to existing notions of nobility of the stag as an animal. This impact is further enhanced by the generated response of the stag to the interaction.