There are eyes in the sky over the campus of MIT and the stories behind them brought the artwork to life. It was enough to stop people in their tracks as they walked along Memorial Drive on Thursday night. The eye-popping installation atop the iconic MIT dome captivated those who caught a glimpse.

As part of Artfinity, MIT’s Festival for the arts, the MIT Dome will be transformed into an eye. Using video projections of close ups of human eyes looking skyward, the dome will be animated in an exhibition titled “Gaze to the Stars.