"Mechanical theater." That is how kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson refers to the spectacle of the MIT Museum’s annual Friday After Thanksgiving: Chain Reaction. Arthur is the man behind the fun-for-all-ages "extreme" event, where 1,500 people watch and participate in making, and setting off, a huge crowd-sourced Rube Goldberg machine. He joined us on Boston Public Radio ahead of this year's FAT: Chain Reaction, their fifteenth.
Wondering what the whole thing looks like? Here's a taste:
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