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All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink
Self-Haunted Opening Reception
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Free
Drawing from Huabi, a tale in the Chinese literary classic Liaozhai Zhiyi, Self-Haunted explores the shifting boundaries between image, desire, and surveillance. In the story a man is drawn into a celestial paradise painted on a wall. What first unfolds as a realm of desire slowly darkens into fear, as an armored official appears in search of an intruder. The painted world shifts with the movements of the mind, where desire and dread give shape to what seems real. Self-Haunted revisits the painted wall as both an image and a boundary, inviting entry while holding the power to expel. Across the exhibition, images beckon, linger, and quietly return our gaze. As enchantment gives way to scrutiny, the worlds we conjure begin to haunt us, shaping how we see and are seen.
TicketsxSelf-Haunted Opening Reception
Special Event
Thursday, November 19, 2026
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
Drawing from Huabi, a tale in the Chinese literary classic Liaozhai Zhiyi, Self-Haunted explores the shifting boundaries between image, desire, and surveillance. In the story a man is drawn into a celestial paradise painted on a wall. What first unfolds as a realm of desire slowly darkens into fear, as an armored official appears in search of an intruder. The painted world shifts with the movements of the mind, where desire and dread give shape to what seems real. Self-Haunted revisits the painted wall as both an image and a boundary, inviting entry while holding the power to expel. Across the exhibition, images beckon, linger, and quietly return our gaze. As enchantment gives way to scrutiny, the worlds we conjure begin to haunt us, shaping how we see and are seen.
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1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: CHRISTOPHER SADLERS
March 13, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: CHRISTOPHER SADLERS
March 13, 2016
6:00 pm
This week's host: Christopher Sadlers Chamber noise, minimalist improvisations, and maximalist compositions on solo string bass. Member (past and present) of: The Eyesores, Death Vessel, Barnacled, Denimvenom, Shamanic, Shambing Mound. also, cookies and board games!
It Stays With You Closing, Cyst, Lvmmvx, Sugar Pie, Fall Risk, Rita Repulsa
March 11, 2016
xIt Stays With You Closing, Cyst, Lvmmvx, Sugar Pie, Fall Risk, Rita Repulsa
March 11, 2016
9:00 pm
Closing Night for IT STAYS WITH YOU: new work by Johnny Ray, Gyna Bootleg and Joseph Mauro. CYST, LVMMVX, SUGAR PIE, JOhnny Ray and the Vomit Arsonist (self flagellation, purging, going to the shrink), FALL RISK (collaborative performance by Gyna Bootleg and Joseph Mauro), RITA REPULSA (two homies performing the world's 1st auditory rendition of crab dreams). 1st show. provoking work. stiff drinks. hellion tunes.
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: AKIKO HATAKEYAMA
March 6, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: AKIKO HATAKEYAMA
March 6, 2016
6:00 pm
Akiko is a composer, singer, and audio-visual performer / artist who is a native of Yokohama, Japan. She is interested in crossing boundaries between traditionally written music, improvisation, electronics, computer based live interactivity, and visual components. Storytelling, memories, and nature often play an important role in Akiko's work, and she most often finds beauty in simplicity. Designing and building instruments/controllers is a part of her current study as well. Akiko obtained her BA in music from Mills College and MA in Experimental Music/Composition at Wesleyan University. Since September 2011, Akiko has been engaged in PhD study in the MEME program at Brown University. Her instructors include Alvin Lucier, Anthony Braxton, Ronald Kuivila, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, Jim Moses, Todd Winkler, and Butch Rovan. Akiko is a founding member of OPENSIGNAL, a collective of artists concerned with the state of gender and race in experimental electronic-based sound and art practices.
GOSH PITH with Illsnafu, JJAAZZ, Favourite
March 5, 2016
xGOSH PITH with Illsnafu, JJAAZZ, Favourite
March 5, 2016
9:00 pm
Jungle labelmate GOSH PITH comes to Machines with Magnets with tour bud Illsnafu and local crooners Favourite and JJAAZZ. GOSH PITH (B3SCI Recs, Detroit). ::Gold Chain Tour::
Future R'n'B / Cosmic Trap duo bringing heat from motor city. With locals JJAAZZ
mems of Math the Band, The Kolour Kult, & Favourite.
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: ANIMAL HOSPITAL
February 28, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: ANIMAL HOSPITAL
February 28, 2016
6:00 pm
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge hosted by
ANIMAL HOSPITAL. Animal Hospital is a project created by Kevin Emil Micka :: A live performance of Animal Hospital consists of Kevin alone and is based on the idea of building a piece of music up from scratch into a completely fleshed out arrangement often containing enough parts to employ many musicians. The music often references many familiar aspects of contemporary rock and pop music but is open to venture out into much more experimental territory. You might remember his work directing Animal Hospital Ensemble performances - like the 30-Guitar-Strong performance under the bridge for the first DOT AIR.
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: DIAL PAINTERS
February 21, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: DIAL PAINTERS
February 21, 2016
6:00 pm
Okay, so contrary to printed posters and calendars, Dave Public isn't playing this noise lounge. We wish him the best on his trip to a memorial in NJ and look forward to his RETURN. In his stead we've got another act with the initials "DP." 6-9pm | NOISE LOUNGE | 1/4 Volume | FREE | not a show, come play checkers and mind games | Gallery Hours DIAL PAINTERS (Steven W. Greco and Marcel McVay) will rip three hours of lounge noise, recalling the tragedy of the Radium Girls aka Watch Dial Painters who painted ever-glowing Radium paint on the numbers of watch dials in and around 1917. Pointing their brushes with quick lashes of their tongues and nimble lips, these teenage wage workers rapidly poisoned themselves - their buried bodies still cranking gieger counter clicks to this day. Also apparent will be a Tralfamadorian sense of timelessness, time warping and the simultaneous experience of birth, death and the passion inherent between them.
1/4 Vol. Noise Lounge 4: WILTED WOMAN <3
February 14, 2016
x1/4 Vol. Noise Lounge 4: WILTED WOMAN <3
February 14, 2016
6:00 pm
1/4 NOISE LOUNGE! 6-9pm and free!!
It's VALENTINES DAY!
Come and hang, talk, play cool games, kiss in public. This is not a show, so feel free to take a seat and have some fun with your friends.
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: TIME BASE CORRECTOR
February 7, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: TIME BASE CORRECTOR
February 7, 2016
6:00 pm
This guy is nuts. Utterly freaking nuts. With both hands on both joysticks. Audio / Visual experimentation abound... expect serious flittering visual stimulation behind an assembly of sensuous sound. Matthew Underwood everybody, aight?
Champagne Mirrors, Thorn, Apathy and Steel, Drekalo, PPG, DJ Shawn O'Sullivan
February 5, 2016
xChampagne Mirrors, Thorn, Apathy and Steel, Drekalo, PPG, DJ Shawn O'Sullivan
February 5, 2016
9:00 pm
Touring from Chicago -Champagne Mirrors:
Alex Barnett - drum machine, synthesizer, tapes, vocal,
c30 on the Scrapes label. Touring from NYC- P.P.G.
Rose E. Kross + 51717 // Gynoid Exotica
(members of further reductions, 51717). With local support:
Apathy and Steel (Mark Cetilia),
Drekalo (Kristin Hayter),
Thorn (Tay la), and V Special Guest:
Shawn O'Sullivan (DJ sets between acts).
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: HOUSEBOY!
January 31, 2016
x1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: HOUSEBOY!
January 31, 2016
6:00 pm
The SECOND of the revived edition 1/4 Vol. Noise Lounge.
A true class act, HOUSEBOY's Rebecca Mitchell (House Red, Whore Paint) and Dylan Going fashionably bring SWANK and ELEGANCE to the room while you sip ultra cool martinis and slowly fill your cheeks with sexy olives. We will be hosting GALLERY HOURS during the noise lounge, so you can check out the real artwork in there.
