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{{Short description|Arts organization and event space in Los Angeles, California, US}}
{{infobox museum
|name= Machine Project
| image = Machine Project.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Film screening at Machine Project on Alvarado Blvd. in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
|established= 2003-2018
|location= 1200 D North Alvarado Street [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] United States
|director= Mark Allen
|website= [http://www.machineproject.com/ www.machineproject.com]
}}
Machine Project was a [[Los Angeles]] based [[Not-for-profit organization|not-for-profit]] arts organization and community event space.

== History ==
Founded by Mark Allen, Machine Project launched in 2003 with its inaugural show, 'Tom Jennings - Story Teller,' an installation produced by [[Tom Jennings]], which was displayed from December 6, 2003 until January 24, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-12-06 |title=Tom Jennings-Story Teller |url=https://machineproject.com/2003/events/tom-jennings-story-teller/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Machine Project |language=en-US}}</ref> In the museums first year, it displayed six different exhibits.

Machine Project later 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 featuring 10 hours of performances, and a several month residency at the [[Hammer Museum]] in 2010, resulting in 80 programs including a series of micro-concerts in a coatroom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-11-20/columns/lacma-deconstructed/ |title=You searched for lacma-deconstructed |publisher=LA Weekly |date=2019-12-11 |accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref>

In 2014, Machine Projects intervened in the [[Gamble House (Pasadena, California)|Gamble House]] in Pasadena, an early 20th century Craftsman home that once belonged to David and Mary Gamble, of Procter & Gamble fame. Allen and a group of artists affiliated with Machine Project installed a series of contemporary artworks around the historic home in ways that both highlighted and harmonized with the architecture. This included a secret basement restaurant operated by Bob Dornberger whose menu was inspired by the architecture, and a massive sculpture of a vortex on the front lawn by Patrick Ballard that was also a puppet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-26 |title=Machine Project Takes Over the Gamble House |url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/machine-project-takes-over-the-gamble-house |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=KCET |language=en}}</ref>

Machine Project announced its closure in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2018/01/pending-machine-project-to-close-its-doors/ |title=Los Angeles's Machine Project to Close by Harriet Staff | Poetry Foundation |access-date=2019-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604070709/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2018/01/pending-machine-project-to-close-its-doors |archive-date=2019-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miranda |first=Carolina |last2= |last3= |last4= |date=2018-01-04 |title=After 15 years, a forest, a pig and a giant tongue, Echo Park alternative arts space Machine Project is closing its doors |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-machine-project-20180104-htmlstory.html |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.machineproject.com/ Machine Project's Website]

[[Category:Performance art in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Art in Greater Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Arts organizations based in Los Angeles]]

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