BLACK CLOUD CITIZEN SCIENTIST LEAGUE

JOIN THE BLACK CLOUD CITIZEN SCIENTIST LEAGUE In July of 2008, a curious cumulus condensed above South Central Los Angeles. Unlike other clouds, it...

Environmental sensing workshop

On Saturday August 23rd, 12-5PM, the Black Cloud Research Team will host 12 Citizen Scientists in the construction of 12 PuffTron Minis. Hardware, ...

Video and Learning Music Saturday 8pm

8pm Saturday August 16th Free Please join us for a musical performance by Video and Learning Music, two projects by the lovely Max and John of ing....

Cranioklepty: A History of Phrenological Graverobbing

8pm Sept 13th Free With the rise of phrenology, the early 19th century saw a host of bizarre grave robberies, in which the graves of famous men wer...

tex: wearable computing meetup

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 1pm - 3pm tex is a meetup for those seeking skills trade, collaboration, inspiration, techniques, and exposure to topics ...

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This week in Camouflage

We’re lucky to be joined this week by Hanna Rose Shell, who is creating a week of events around the history and practice of camouflage. Satu...

“The Magic Window” by Desiree Holman

Three Channel Video work installed at Machine Project from October 11 - November 2, 2008 TRT: 15 minutes Opening Reception Saturday, October 11, 20...

Monthly Dorkbot this Saturday, Real-life Superheroes and Jam next weekend

Hi! We’re still clearing out the fake fires and cardboard waves from last week’s adventures, but our summer continues with more events ...

tex: wearable computing meetup

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 1pm - 3pm tex is a meetup for those seeking skills trade, collaboration, inspiration, techniques, and exposure to topics ...

Poetry on Friday, GLOW all weekend at the beach

Hi Friends, Join us this Friday night, July 18th at 8pm for a reading by our three Poetry Boat poet/sailors, Master Joshua Beckman, Commander Noell...

Poetry Boat Preview

Friday, July 18, 2008 8pm Before they set sail this weekend for the GLOW Festival in Santa Monica, our three favorite poet/sailors Joshua Beckman, ...

24 hours of noonday sun, this Friday July 11th!

Join us for Part Two of “A Practical Demonstration” this Friday, July 11th! All day at the gallery we’ll be projecting continuous...

Unix for N00bz: How To Access Your Data From Anywhere

Members - $35 Non-members - $45 Instructor: Ryan O’Toole (rotoole AT gmail DOT com) Date: Tuesday, July 22nd @ 7:30 - midnight Description ...

Dorkbot SoCal 30

July 26, 2008 1pm Steven Gentner will be speaking about a robot project built using RoboRealm, a powerful free computer vision based application fo...

Ghillie Suits Saturday, A Practical Demonstration Sunday

Our week of concealment concludes this Saturday with two events curated by Hanna Rose Shell, Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Anderson. Saturday July 5th f...

3 Days of Banjo Trance with Emily Lacy

Monday - Wednesday June 23, 24, 25 Throughout the day Performance from the window of Machine Project Tuesday June 24th 8pm Experimental community f...

Summer break over! Come hang out!

We have so many events coming up in the next few weeks, and it’s been so long since we’ve seen you, that it’s probably best to di...

“How Not to Be Seen”: Ghillie Suit Workshop & Camouflage Performance

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 All day event! ————- WORKSHOP: Ghillie Suit Construction 2pm - 5pm, Saturday July 5th Members $45...

Disruptive Patterning Collaborative Event w/ Sumi Ink Club

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 8pm Hanna Rose Shell and Los Angeles-based artists Sumi Ink Club invite visitors to participate in the building of active m...

“Animal Mimicry and the Media of Reconnaissance”

Artist Talk by Hanna Rose Shell Saturday, June 28th, 2008 8pm This event explores the “mixed-media” foundations of modern camouflage. Protective co...

“A Practical Demonstration” International Help Needed!

The project is very simple. For 24 hours, 24 different people will be following the Sun as the earth moves in its daily orbit. If you would like t...

Machine Project’s Summer Vacation - Garfield drawing competition!

Even though we’re on a mini-vacation we sometimes come together in the office and stuff like this happens: First Place: “The Best Garf...

Real Life Superheroes

Saturday August 2, 2008 8pm Joshuah Bearman discusses the real and true exploits and foibles of real life superheroes, who, just as it seems, are p...

A short break, then ghillie suits

After a month of fornicating sea slugs, covert military operations and sewing classes, we’re taking a little time off at Machine to hang out ...

“A Practical Demonstration”

Part One: Sunday July 6th Part Two: Friday July 11th “A Practical Demonstration” is an exercise in suspended orbits, suspended disbelie...

Industrial Melanism

by Hanna Rose Shell, with Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Anderson Camouflage is systematic dissimulation or imitation for the purposes of concealment eff...

Racing lemons, mating slugs

This Thursday night, May 29th at 8pm, hear the gut-wrenching tale of four plucky men and a crappy car who turned a foolish fantasy into a foolish r...

24 Hours of LeMons motor race: Presenting Team Make:Way!

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 8pm Earlier this year, Make Magazine agreed to sponsor Jason Torchinsky in fielding an entry into the 2008 24 Hours of LeM...

Public Fruit Jam 2008!

Sunday August 3 12-3pm Making jam with the Fallen Fruit collective is becoming one of our favorite summertime traditions! Bring along your home-gro...

Secret Black-ops Iron-ons, and the Wrath of KHAN! this weekend at Machine

On Friday, May 23rd at 8pm, geographer and artist Trevor Paglen will be giving a talk on the network of hidden budgets, state secrets, covert milit...

A reading, a sound game with Earbees, and more

This Saturday May 17th at 8pm, please join us for the latest in our semi-regular series of poets paired with sound artists. This installment featur...

Aaron Kunin and Sara Roberts

Saturday May 17th 8pm Please join us for the latest in our semi-regular series of poets paired with sound artists. This installment features poet, ...

Blank Spots on a Map: State Secrecy and the Limits of the Visible

A lecture by Trevor Paglen Friday, May 23rd 8pm Geographer and artist Trevor Paglen explores the network of hidden budgets, state secrets, covert m...

Basic Crochet + Amigurumi workshop with Cheryl Cambras

Day One: Instruction Saturday June 7th, 11am - 3pm (with a lunch break) Day Two: Office Hours, Show-n-tell + Tea Party Sunday June 8th, 12pm - 2pm ...

Artist Talk with Klaus Weber

Sunday, May 18th 8pm Please join us for an artist talk by Klaus Weber on Sunday May 18th at 8pm. Past works by Mr. Weber include sidewalk-destroyin...

A Lecture on the Mating Habits of Sea Slugs, + Fol Chen

Friday May 30th 8pm FREE! “A slug’s life: sex, color, and new species in the sea” by Patrick Krug and! A concert by Fol Chen Far ...

small is beautiful + strings and electrons

small is beautiful: an approach to design and business 8pm, Thursday May 8th FREE monome is brian crabtree and kelli cain, a small company creating...

small is beautiful: an approach to design and business

8pm, Thursday May 8th FREE monome is brian crabtree and kelli cain, a small company creating adaptable, open-source hardware interfaces used by mus...

strings and electrons

8pm Sunday May 11, 2008 FREE pieces of pretty music by ezra buchla (viola, electrons), amy radunskaya (cello), brian crabtree (magic boxes) join us...

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Hi, The gallery is taking a mini-break this week while we go up to Maker Faire. In the meantime, consider signing up for our classes (sewing! elect...

Brian Crabtree + Kelli Cain + Matthew Golke + straw-bale houses

Sunday, April 27th 11am Come join us this Sunday morning at 11am for a lecture on Natural Building. Visiting lecturer Matthew Goike will talk about...

Natural Building

Presented by Matthew Goike Sunday, April 27th 11am FREE! Come join us for a presentation on natural building practices employing earthen materials....

Larger-than-life Donkey Kong, Paid Internship, Friends in Residence!

This Thursday night from 8pm-11pm, come by Machine Project and play Donkey Kong and other classic games on an oversized Atari joystick, built by ou...

Summer Intern 2008

start of June to August 22, 2008 Machine Project is looking for a paid intern this summer! We’re being funded by the Getty Foundation’s...

INTERN DUTIES!

- Providing general support to the Executive Director and Operations Manager in daily tasks, including but not limited to gallery organization and ...

Giant Joystick!

Thursday April 17, 2008 8pm-11pm FREE! Have you seen King of Kong, that documentary about extreme videogame nuts who battle over the title of Worl...

Khaaaaaan!

Opening reception Saturday, May 24, 8p-10p Screening throughout Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25, 2008 FREE! Many consider Star Trek II: The Wrath of...

TABLACENTRIC Closing Party!

TABLACENTRIC Closing Party - 10PM - 1AM FREE featuring DJ Disko AM and Robin Sukhadia (SADUBAS) live art by Santiago Heredia VJ: Karl Fornander TAB...

Instrument Building with Walter Kitundu / TABLACENTRIC Closing Party

Saturday April 12 11am - 3pm Class full! Walter Kitundu, currently an Artist in Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, will guide you in...

Instrument Building with Walter Kitundu / TABLACENTRIC Closing Party

Saturday April 12 11am - 2pm Registration Required Walter Kitundu, currently an Artist in Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, will gui...

Do-It-Yourself LASIK Workshop!

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 10am - 6pm (w/ a break for lunch) Members $150 Non-members $180 (materials included) Sign up here! Please join us for our ...

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Image & Sound from the South Asian Diaspora

Sunday April 6, 2008 FREE 2pm An afternoon of selected visual works integrating sound and image from South Asia and beyond. photo by Leena Pendh...

Machine Sewing 101

Machine Sewing 101 - A Crash Course in the Thread and Needle 3 consecutive Saturdays, May 10th, 17th, and 24th noon to 4pm (materials included, mac...

FIELD: Sukhadia (tabla) + Kitundu (invented instruments)

Friday April 11, 2008: FIELD Sukhadia + Kitundu FREE Concert 7PM FIELD is an intersecting collaboration between instruments and tradition: tabla an...

Listening Session: Talvin Singh, Swapan Chaudhuri, & Zakir Hussain

Friday March 28, 2008 - 7pm FREE Tonite, we listen and we learn. TABLACENTRIC will present a series of audio recordings tracing tabla in all its ma...

Walter Kitundu @ TABLACENTRIC: Concert and Instrument Invention Workshop

Friday April 11, 2008: FIELD Sukhadia + Kitundu FREE Concert 7PM FIELD is an intersecting collaboration between instruments and tradition: tabla a...

Ajay Kapur - Electronic Sitars, Robotic Tablas, and Sarawati’s ElectroMagic

April 3, 2008 - Ajay Kapur: Robotics + Tabla/Sitar FREE Presentation 5 - 7PM TABLACENTRIC is thrilled to present Ajay Kapur, whose work revolves a...

Basic Electronics with Lewis Keller

Schedule: Sundays April 6th and 13th (12pm-4pm), and Tuesdays April 8th and 15th (7pm-10pm) Cost: $250 materials and equipment provided Members $22...

Max/MSP/Jitter

april 22, april 24, april 29, may 1 (four meetings) tuesdays and thursdays from 7pm - 10pm instructed by b.crabtree $250 for 12 contact hours enrol...

Felt + Circuits Workshop

april 19, april 26, may 3 (three meetings) saturdays from 2pm - 6pm (with a break) guided by k.cain and b.crabtree materials provided limited to 12...

Film Screening: Maqbool

Sunday March 30, 2008 Film Screening: Maqbool 4pm | 132 Minutes Released in 2004, this is one of the most badass Bollywood film’s I hav...

An Evening of Tabla Performances: in Memory of Uttam Chakraborty

Saturday April 5, 2008 7pm FREE Mesmerizing tabla performances will be the focus of this special evening dedicated to art of solo tabla. An instr...

Evening of Classical Ragas: Srinivas Reddy (Sitar) + Sameer Gupta (Tabla)

Srinivas Reddy and Sameer Gupta are a dynamic young sitar and tabla duo dedicated to preserving the Hindustani classical music tradition of North I...

Hands On’Semble Performance / Demonstration

TABLACENTRIC is honored to present a special performance by Hands On’Semble. Tonite’s interactive performance will give audience member...

Bollywood, Bhajans, Daal 101, & Henna Workshop

It is a fully immersive week of Indian music and culture here at Machine Project this week, all TABLACENTRIC. —————&...

Film Screening: Mughal E Azam

Sunday March 23, 2008 Film Screening: Mughal-E-Azaam 4pm | 197 Minutes | Remastered/Recolored 2004 Release Music by Naushad K Asif’s epic...

Henna Workshop with Saroj Sukhadia

Sunday March 23, 2008 Henna Workshop with Saroj Sukhadia 11am – 1pm On Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Machine Project, Saroj Sukhadia will teach the ar...

Evening of Devotional Indian Music @ Machine Project

Saturday March 22, 2008 Devotional Music Concert – 7pm FREE Sound, Spirit, and Service…all three will be highlighted in Saturday’s evening of devot...

Daal 101: Cooking Workshop with Saroj Sukhadia

Come to Machine to cook a traditional Gujarati (western India) meal with cooking master, Saroj Sukhadia. This workshop is totally hands on, giving ...

Bollywood Film Music: an evening with Rajen Sukhadia

Friday March 21, 2008 7pm FREE Machine Project This Friday we present a series of Bollywood Film Music videos, projected on the big screen, and t...

Pather Panchali Sunday, Monochrome Monday

TABLACENTRIC, Robin Sukhadia’s Artist Residency at Machine Project, continues with a special film screening on Sunday, March 16, 2008, at 4pm of Sa...

Robin Sukhadia starts residency, ridiculous amounts of drumming in our future

Please join us in welcoming our friend and new Artist in Residence, Robin Sukhadia, to Machine Project! Over the next month, Robin will be teaching...

Sarode and Tabla Concert + Demonstration with David Trasoff and Leonice Shinneman

Saturday March 15th 2pm FREE David Trasoff and Leonice Shinneman, based locally in Los Angeles, share a performance highlighting afternoon ragas on...

Delhi2Dublin

Friday March 14 7pm FREE TABLACENTRIC’s Kick-Off Event features a special performance / demonstration by Delhi2Dublin. Tabla and the rhythms ...

Delhi2Dublin

Friday March 14 7pm FREE TABLACENTRIC’s Kick-Off Event features a special performance / demonstration by Delhi2Dublin. Tabla and the rhythms ...

Tabla Classes: Beginner + Intermediate

part of Robin Sukhadia’s TABLACENTRIC month at Machine Project! Come explore culture, sound design, creativity and rhythm through the languag...

Two poems by Maggie Nelson

Thanksgiving Can beauty save us? Yesterday I looked at the river and a sliver of moon and knew the answer; today I fell asleep in a spot of sun be...

Janet Sarbanes + Maggie Nelson, reading and more

We’re excited to tell you our friends Janet Sarbanes and Maggie Nelson will be reading selections from their new books at Machine Project thi...

Pirates Songs on leap year day

Sea Songs 8pm Friday, February 29, 2008 Free The role of music was very important to the age of sail. Sea shanties were sung by sailors to ease th...

Double Take by Johan Grimonprez: lecture + scenes

Johan Grimonprez - Double Take co-presented by the Hammer Museum Saturday February 23 @ 8pm Free Video artist Johan Grimonprez lives in Brussels ...

brief staff break for planning

Pirate Songs

Sea Songs 8pm Friday, February 29, 2008 Free The role of music was very important to the age of sail. Sea shanties were sung by sailors to ease th...

Entomology Meets Etymology and home made synth madness

Bugs + Words: Entomology Meets Etymology 8pm Friday Feb 15th Free We can never remember who studies words and who studies bugs so we invited one of...

Bugs + Words: Entomology Meets Etymology

8pm Friday Feb 15th We can never remember who studies words and who studies bugs so we invited one of each to come talk to us. Brent Karner is an e...

Poetry, Wefi, Entomology meets Etymology, Sejayno

Goodness, we have a busy week. Enjoy it while you can, because we sense an institutional nap coming on. 8pm Tuesday February 12th - Danielle Adair...