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Machine Project
Film screening at Machine Project on Alvarado Blvd. in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Established2003-2018
Location1200 D North Alvarado Street Los Angeles, California United States
DirectorMark Allen
Websitewww.machineproject.com

Machine Project was a Los Angeles based not-for-profit arts organization and community event space. From 2003 until its closing in 2018, the Machine Project’s mission was to produce cultural programming that inspires audiences to become creatively active by imagining, participating and relating in new ways to the arts and sciences - utilizing a range of techniques, such as informality, humor, and surprise, in order to make new, exciting and complex ideas accessible. From a storefront gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood, near the major intersection of Alvarado Street and Sunset Boulevard, Machine Project offered workshops, exhibitions, performances and talks all centered around the Los Angeles community. It is also a gathering place for a loose alliance of artists who produce collaborative work in various locations around Los Angeles, including the Santa Monica beach and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

History

Machine Project was founded by Mark Allen in 2003 with the inaugural show entitled Tom Jennings being displayed from December 6th, 2003 until January 24th, 2004. In the museums first year they displayed six different exhibits. In 2005 the Machine Project was incorporated as a non-profit.[1] The museum continued to grow in 2006 LA Weekly article, writer Gendy Alimurung described Machine Project as, "Nikola Tesla by way of P.T. Barnum, with a dash of 'The Anarchist Cookbook.' "[3] Machine Project facilitates conversations between poets, technicians, artists, scientists, and obscure hobbyists and supports work that arises out of unusual combinations of interests. Past activities have included urban plant foraging and needlepoint therapy based on classic oil paintings. Machine Project prioritizes accessibility, explicitly courting amateur practitioners and curious locals. Workshops are regularly offered in sewing electronics, soldering, Arduino and Processing for artists.[1] Over the years, Machine Project has moved toward larger collaborations, holding residences with major art museums, including a one-day takeover of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on November 15, 2008 and a several month residency at the Hammer Museum in 2010. The show was described by LA Weekly as "epic".[2] A twenty-four hour exhibit in 2008 attempted to change the old saying Rome wasn’t built in a day when Liz Glynn designed the Rome Reconstruction Project. Free to the public Glynn said "The project is an attempt to get a lot of people together and see what can be accomplished." [3] In 2016 Machine Project moved their location to a Santa Monica swimming pool in order to do an underwater art show, with waterproof sculptures, paintings, and prints. Despite the creative nature of Machine Project, Machine Project announced it would close its doors in January 2018.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.https://www.https://machineproject.com//
  2. ^ http://www.laweekly.com/2008-11-20/columns/lacma-deconstructed/
  3. ^ https://machineproject.com/build/engine/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lizglynn_LATimes_01-17-08.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2018/01/pending-machine-project-to-close-its-doors/
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