Established in 2006, Machines with Magnets hosts experimental music performances, sound and art exhibitions and installations, performance art, film and video screenings, cultural and community events, private events, and fundraisers. Past performances include The Body, Dan Deacon, Mirah, Etran de l'Aïr, Braveyoung, Lydia Lunch, Lightning Bolt, Brown Bird, Container, and Mdou Moctar.
Upcoming Events + Tickets
All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink
A Monolithic Dome, Mountain of Woe, Professor A, Holy Mountain + Argot
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:00 pm
to
9:00 pm
“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” asks whether you are the invisible onlooker or an active participant. Eli Kauffman and Michael Gunn harness painting’s voyeuristic nature to complicate interpersonal relationships. The paintings exist at a threshold where our internal world is acted upon, through collaboration and intimacy. Tangled foliage, Twisting cables, A cast shadow—Reach, hold, repair, tend. How do we balance relying on one another while channeling the power of that which goes unseen? This exhibition shares its title with a game played by children at slumber parties. A levitation trick that evokes the unknown, a tension with the truth of its physics.The events that unfold are recalled, heightened and eventually brought back down to earth. The disillusion of our accounts is a natural conclusion. Through melodramatic lighting and intangible ghostly presence, tension between physicality and spirituality charges moments with desire—an attempt towards harmony.
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception
Special Event
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” asks whether you are the invisible onlooker or an active participant. Eli Kauffman and Michael Gunn harness painting’s voyeuristic nature to complicate interpersonal relationships. The paintings exist at a threshold where our internal world is acted upon, through collaboration and intimacy. Tangled foliage, Twisting cables, A cast shadow—Reach, hold, repair, tend. How do we balance relying on one another while channeling the power of that which goes unseen? This exhibition shares its title with a game played by children at slumber parties. A levitation trick that evokes the unknown, a tension with the truth of its physics.The events that unfold are recalled, heightened and eventually brought back down to earth. The disillusion of our accounts is a natural conclusion. Through melodramatic lighting and intangible ghostly presence, tension between physicality and spirituality charges moments with desire—an attempt towards harmony.
Risks, Rituals, & Ruptures opens October 9 with works by Jane Hesser, Catherine LeComte Lecce, Ellen Shattuck Pierce, and Ellen Wetmore. Join us at 6 pm for viewing, cocktails, and conversation followed by performances at 7 from LIGHTS OUT, Glenna Van Nostrand, Host Ensemble, and House Red. Tickets available at the door, sliding $10-20 suggested donation. All proceeds go to Sojourner House, who envisions a world where everyone lives their life free from domestic and sexual abuse. ‘Risks, Rituals, & Ruptures’ brings together four artists who map reproduction and care—its risks, rituals, and ruptures—and the charged pause between what was and what will be. Across drawing, pattern, and photography, the works ask how we carry loss and continue to live inside the no-longer and the not-yet.
Founded in 2006 in Geneva, 90 years after Dada, by Vincent Bertholet (Hyperculte), the 12- piece Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp has released 5 albums on the highly influential Bongo Joe Records and played the European festival circuit for years. This will be their second attempt to conquer America – following the release of the latest album, Ventre Unique. The band’s name is an homage to some of the classic Congolese groups (Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrytmo, TPOK Jazz etc...) and to one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century art. Their music mixes echoes of The Ex, Moondog, kraut rock, minimalism, high life, symphonic touches and punk outbursts - and yet, none of it is terribly relevant: OTPMD has managed to invent its own reality – or, if you prefer, a simulation. Their live performances are mesmerizing affairs with an almost ritualistic slant and arrangements so tight they seem to re-organize chaos itself.
Xeno & Oaklander are a minimal electronics duo (Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride of Martial Canterel) based in Brooklyn, New York. They have been deeply involved in the analog synth community since 2004 (the release of their debut Vigils LP on Xanten), and have helped promote and inspire the revival of synth wave in the US and throughout the world through their extensive touring and prolific output.
