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The Odyssey – Johanna Kozma

2013-05-16T22:06:40Z

An audience of two join Odysseus in his escape from Calypso in this performance of Homer’s Odyssey that will take place in a Honda Odyssey minivan while circling the freeways of Los Angeles. Performances will take place nightly July 1st- July 15th. Audience size is extremely limited- visit this page for more info and tickets as they become available.

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to LA Architecture.

It’s Not Right, But It’s OK – Cliff Hengst

2013-05-14T21:28:57Z

Saturday, June 29th, 2013
Outside The Beverly Hilton, // 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Free

While walking down Wilshire Blvd on his way to work, Cliff Hengst has his body taken over by the fleeting soul of Whitney Houston. Starting at the Beverly Hilton, Whitney reminisces down memory lane on a double decker tour bus and takes one last look at the legendary boulevard of luxury, industry, and Subway sandwiches. The tour ends at MacArthur Park, which is currently melting in the dark.

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

Ken Ehrlich – Walking Places: Four Walks in Los Angeles

2013-05-15T22:40:06Z

Sunday, June 9th
Sunday, June 16th
Sunday, June 23th
Sunday, June 30th
Free

Join us for a series of four walks in different parts of the city that will examine the architectural landscape of the city up close. Each walk will be less a tour than a framed experience of a part of the city, a series of playful, absurd, critical and activity-based walks that will reveal Los Angeles as a space of ghosts, projections, limits and possibilities. Rather than a narration of architectural history, we will re-consider the built environment and highlight ignored, forgotten, overlooked and “ordinary” spaces. Topics of discussion will include the relationship between plan and use: namely, the way that architecture and urban planning produce a set of contradictions between the way space is designed and the way it is used.

6/9 – A walk in Venice with Erin Schnieder
6/16 – A walk in Lakewood with D.J. Waldie
6/23 – A walk in East L.A. with Sesshu Foster
6/30 – A walk in in the shadows of Chavez Ravine with Maryam Hosseinzadeh

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

David Eng – The Dawning of the Age of Aquariums

2013-05-09T22:07:54Z

Saturday, June 8th 2013 // 2:30pm-5pm
at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium // 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731
Free

David Eng will lead the group on a guided tide pool visit, accompanied by a live string and wind ensemble. The event concludes in the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium’s auditorium with a brief lecture on the origin story of 19th-century aquaria, after which visitors are free to explore the rest of the Frank Ghery-designed aquarium.

3:00 Lecture begins at the tide pools along the shore.
3:30 Audience & performers walk from shore to Auditorium.
3:40 Second half of the lecture begins in the Auditorium.
4:20 Lecture concludes. Audience members are encouraged to explore the Aquarium until closing time.

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

Kamau Patton – The Sky Above

2013-05-14T02:00:06Z

Sunday, May 26th // 6-7pm
at Machine Project
Free

Kamau Patton will engage with a series of buildings in L.A. via a chartered helicopter, while performing a sound work composed for the flight. Accompanied by a cameraman and sound engineer, the entire flight will be streamed live to Machine Project’s storefront space and the web.

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

Intro to Arduino

2013-05-14T00:26:09Z

Saturday, May 25th
Sunday, May 26th
Saturday, June 1st
Sunday, June 2nd
12 – 3pm

Instructor: Scott Cazan

Non-members: $250
Members: $225
All Materials Included.

Sign up at the following link:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6685118369

Learn about Arduino and explore many of its artistic applications. An Arduino is an open-source micro-controller with the ability to quickly and easily interface with a variety of sensors, electronics, and software making it a staple of physical computing in artistic applications. We will cover a variety of topics such as basic electronics, hardware sensors, programming in the Arduino language, and what can be done when you combine all of these things.

Requirements: A laptop running OS X, Windows, or Linux with a USB port

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of programming and/or electronics is
helpful but not necessary. We will start from the beginning.

Class 1:
Setting up the Arduino hardware & software
Why microcontrollers?
Basic electronics and making things blink
Basic introduction to the Arduino programming language
Reading Schematics
Making some basic circuits with a potentiometer

Class 2:
More programming!
Sensors (switches, knobs, & light sensors)
Controlling software using sensors
Power

Class 3:
Introduction to pulse width modulation (PWM)
Controlling DC & Servo motors with Arduino
Using Arduino with other programs (Processing, Max/MSP, etc.)

Class 4:
Catch up, questions and further applications!

Refund policy:
Please note, all class fees include a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $25 that will be deducted from your refund if you sign up for, then drop, a class. So, for example, if you sign up for Machine Sewing 101 and pay the $155 class fee, but then remember that you have trapeze school final exams that conflict with the Sewing class and shouldn’t have signed up after all, we will refund you $130 of your tuition payment.
Gift certificate purchase:

If you have a Machine Project gift certificate you’d like to redeem for a class, please email us at machine@machineproject.com and let us know.

Anne Hars – Architectural Drafting for Hackers, Makers and Visionary Dilettantes

2013-04-30T05:58:11Z

May 21, 22, 28, 29 June 4, 5
7-10pm
at Machine Project

A 3-week architectural drafting class taught by Anne Hars at Machine Project, with assignments ranging from the practical to the fantastical.

Fees for this class are $150 for the general public and $125 for Machine Project members.
No materials required, but a list of materials will be provided at beginning of class to be purchased at attendee’s discretion.
Sign up at the following link:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6498450039

Learn how to take accurate measurements, draw to scale, and convey architectural ideas using old school pre-cad drafting tools and techniques. Whether you want to re-design your yard or your planet, basic drafting skills will help you describe your ideas accurately and with style. Throughout the class we also will be drawing inspiration from the drawings of Visionary Architects from the renaissance to the present.

In each class students will be encouraged to play with the tools and experiment with techniques. Handouts will be given out on the technical information with practice exercise that can be done out of class. In each class we will grok a visionary architectural drawing as well as a technical drawing as examples of techniques. After the first class, students will be given a list of recommended tools and can choose to purchase their own.

Class 1: Equipment and Materials – An introduction to leads and holders, lead weights and their different properties and uses, triangles and curves, the straight edge, templates, the compass, erasers and the erasing shield, scale rulers, tracing papers and various drawing surfaces.
Class 2: Architectural Drafting – Introduction to the conventions of architectural drawing. We will learn to “read” architecture plans, specifically looking at types of lines and what information each type of line may convey. We will learn about orthographic views: plan, section and elevation, and common symbols and what they mean.
Class 3: How to measure a space and then draw it to scale with clear dimensions.
Class 4: Basic introduction to perspective.
Class 5: Tones, textures and materials. We will go over techniques to represent materials.
Class 6: A short history of non standard, unconventional and “warped” views historically used to express the passage of time simultaneously in one drawing, the experience of passing through a space and the relationships between interior and exterior views.

This class is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

Sara Roberts – Clump and Whistle

2013-05-15T19:10:33Z

Sunday, May 19th 2013 // 1pm
at Glendale Civic Center Plaza // Broadway and Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA.
Civic Center parking on Wilson Ave.
Free

Click Here to RSVP for the performance so we can make sure to buy enough bagels and coffee for everyone!

There will be an open rehearsal for this event:
Wednesday, May 15 // 5 – 6:30pm // at CalArts

Clump and Whistle: an emergent performance for up to 100 participants based on principles extrapolated from Elias Canetti’s book Crowds and Power.

The public is invited to join with Machine Project and artist Sara Roberts for two participatory performances. Clump is an experiment in group/crowd behavior, based on a simple rule set but without fixed outcome or direction. In Whistle the crowd, equipped with multi-pitched whistles, configures to play compositions based on what the person next to you has just done, making propagating sound waves.

Q: What is a clump?
A:

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

Guitar Pedal Building Workshop

2013-05-01T19:18:37Z

Thursday, May 16th
7 – 10pm

Build your own guitar effects pedal in this 3 hour intensive workshop. You will receive hands-on, step-by-step instruction on assembling a Vintage Jordan™ Bosstone™ Replica, which is a great sounding, simple Fuzztone.

SOLD OUT!

Sign up at the following link:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6418587167

In this class you will also learn:

Types of Guitar Pedals
(Fuzz, Distortion, Tremelo Delay, Flanger, Phasor, Chorus, etc.)

Anatomy of a Guitar Pedal
(The basic parts that comprise most pedals)

Electronic Component Overview
(Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors etc. Explanation on how to recognize them and what their functions are.)

Circuit Explanation
(How the circuit is functioning)

Soldering Components to PCB
(Proper technique for populating the printed circuit board. Overview of required tools.)

Mounting Components to Enclosure
(Installing jacks, knobs, switches etc.)

Wiring PCB into Enclosure
(Final wiring and testing)

Drilling Tips
(Techniques for drilling aluminum enclosures for creating custom pedals.)

Labeling Techniques
(Techniques for adding graphics to a pedal design.)

Manufacturing Resources
(Suggestions on where to buy components and services.)

Machine This Weekend: May 18th – 19th

2013-05-15T19:50:37Z

EVENT : Clump and Whistle

Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 1pm
Glendale Civic Center Plaza // Broadway and Glendale Ave
Clump and Whistle: an emergent performance for up to 100 participants based on principles extrapolated from Elias Canetti’s book Crowds and Power. The public is invited to join with Machine Project and artist Sara Roberts for two participatory performances. Clump is an experiment in group/crowd behavior, based on a simple rule set but without fixed outcome or direction. In Whistle the crowd, equipped with multi-pitched whistles, configures to play compositions based on what the person next to you has just done, making propagating sound waves. Click here for further details.

This event is part of Machine Project’s Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.

EVENT : Machine Project in Miami

Saturday, May 18th from 6:30 to 8pm
Location will be disclosed with RSVP.
RSVP by May 16 to splash@cannonballmiami.org or call 786-347-2360 for more information.
Machine Project, in collaboration with Cannonball, presents Swash Motions. In this new work, Corey looks to the popular beach landscapes of Miami as a canvas to create an ephemeral, experiential piece that invokes the spirit of the open air and the edge of the world.

Fogel and a small ensemble of musicians will reimagine the well-trodden beaches as a boundless stage. Natural resources, such as water, sand, and breeze, become raw materials in a collage of choreography, sculpture, and improvisation. Swash Motions blends music, color, gesture, and material forms into a sensual exploration of berm, swash, wrack, and dune.

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The Odyssey – Johanna Kozma

It’s Not Right, But It’s OK – Cliff Hengst

Saturday, June 29th, 2013 Outside The Beverly Hilton, // 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Free

Ken Ehrlich – Walking Places: Four Walks in Los Angeles

Sunday, June 9th Sunday, June 16th Sunday, June 23th Sunday, June 30th Free

David Eng – The Dawning of the Age of Aquariums

Saturday, June 8th 2013 // 2:30pm-5pm at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium // 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731 Free

Kamau Patton – The Sky Above

Sunday, May 26th // 6-7pm at Machine Project Free

Intro to Arduino

Saturday, May 25th Sunday, May 26th Saturday, June 1st Sunday, June 2nd 12 – 3pm

Anne Hars – Architectural Drafting for Hackers, Makers and Visionary Dilettantes

May 21, 22, 28, 29 June 4, 5 7-10pm at Machine Project

Sara Roberts – Clump and Whistle

Sunday, May 19th 2013 // 1pm at Glendale Civic Center Plaza // Broadway and Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA. Civic Center parking on Wilson Ave. Free Click Here to RSVP for the performance so we can make sure to buy enough bagels and coffee for everyone!

There will be an open rehearsal for this event: Wednesday, May 15 // 5 – 6:30pm // at CalArts

Guitar Pedal Building Workshop

Thursday, May 16th 7 – 10pm

SOLD OUT!

Machine This Weekend: May 18th – 19th

Saturday, June 29th, 2013
Outside The Beverly Hilton, // 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Free

Sunday, June 9th
Sunday, June 16th
Sunday, June 23th
Sunday, June 30th
Free

Saturday, June 8th 2013 // 2:30pm-5pm
at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium // 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731
Free

Sunday, May 26th // 6-7pm
at Machine Project
Free

Saturday, May 25th
Sunday, May 26th
Saturday, June 1st
Sunday, June 2nd
12 – 3pm

May 21, 22, 28, 29 June 4, 5
7-10pm
at Machine Project

Sunday, May 19th 2013 // 1pm
at Glendale Civic Center Plaza // Broadway and Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA.
Civic Center parking on Wilson Ave.
Free

Click Here to RSVP for the performance so we can make sure to buy enough bagels and coffee for everyone!

There will be an open rehearsal for this event:
Wednesday, May 15 // 5 – 6:30pm // at CalArts

Thursday, May 16th
7 – 10pm