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Daniel J. Gonzalez ‘14 spins two poi. Poi are chains with a handle on one end and a wick on the other.

Alexandra M. Westbrook ‘13 spins a staff in the contact style. Some moves have unusual names, such as “The Steve,” in which the staff is spun down the arm and across the back.

Nathan S. Lachenmyer ’10 spins two staves. He has been spinning for five years.

Wind Screen, installed by Professor of Architecture J. Meejin Yoon for the MIT150 FAST Arts Festival, is on display in the archway below the Green Building. Each subunit is a wind turbine and generates all the energy ...

String Tunnel, located next to the Building 18 bridge, was installed by Yuna Kim G, Kelly E. Shaw G, and Travis A. Williams G for the MIT150 FAST Arts Festival. String Tunnel directs visitors to the Infinite Corridor.

Pythagoras, the musical art installed in the Kendall T station, was recently restored by MIT’s Kendall Band Preservation Society. The society plans to repair smaller Kendall installations this summer.

Paul Matisse, the artist behind the Pythagoras musical sculpture in the Kendall T station, attends the Kendall Band re-installation ceremony on April 30. In 2010, the MIT Kendall Band Preservation Society embarked on ...

At noon on Saturday, an organized “flash mob” convened in Lobby 7, singing and dancing to a selection of pop and dance music. The flash mob required advance sign-up and rehearsal attendance.

An Army UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter visited Briggs Field Saturday afternoon for an inspection by MIT’s Army ROTC.

A team from the Research Laboratory of Electronics helped open house guests build a simple DC motor using insulated copper wire and ferromagnets in the Stata Center Saturday afternoon.

Children curiously watch a soccer-playing robot demonstration at the Stata Center on Saturday afternoon.