Monday, June 8, 2009
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Projects
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Current Projects
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Purple Electric Play!
Purple Electric Play (PEP!) is a (literally) underground theatrical
performance featuring magic, political history, black lights, black
arts, levitation, gratuitous special effects and entertainers both
human and puppet producing a bewildering array of emotional and
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Past Projects
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Sometimes Machine Project is invited to do stuff at other locations, within LA and across the country. Sometimes Machine Project likes to explore a certain topic for an extended period of time at the storefront. Read about both below.
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Machine Transformations
More often than not, during the daytime Machine Project looks half-empty, and not yet cleaned up: more like a workshop than your typical gallery. Almost every day we do something different in the space. Occasionally the transformation lasts a little longer.
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Storefront Engineering Activities
Over the years we’ve built some unique features into our store front. These include a pneumatic cash machine, a tree stump watering hole, a vertical garden of succulents blooming from our storefront facade, and elevator bookshelves installed in the gallery floor.
More information about our storefront engineering activities.
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Machine Interviews
Check out some of the interviews we have conducted with various artists who have collaborated with Machine Project. -
Machine Publications
We have publications documenting some of our larger scale events and installations available for purchase and pdf download. -
Machine Project Benefits
Machine Project hosts scores of free public events every year. This is made possible in part by our annual Benefit, which packs months worth of Machine events into a single spectacular and intimate evening. Past activities have included gold panning, fake museum ID card making, and action movie style art theft from a laser-protected perimeter. Discounted tickets available to members. Not a member? Become a Member!
More information about Machine Project Benefits, past and future.
Even though it is half our name, the word “Project” for us is loosely defined. Most of the time, it means an institution (usually a museum) has asked us to do something to explore their space. Sometimes, we explore a topic on our own, like ping-pong. Sometimes, we turn our storefront into a forest. Since so much of Machine Project’s work is time-based, we also have made an effort in recent years to document our performances. Check out our current projects below, and read more about some of the stuff we’ve done in the past.