THE MACHINE SHOW

"You have to be practical. Doing even crazy things with a logical approach." Martine Rothblatt

The Machine Show at Swampspace is a lighthearted look at the history of mechanization and the influence of machines on the development of modern civilization.

With the understanding of six simple machines, we negotiate the material world that is defined by physical law.

With reinvention of the wheel and a betterment of the mousetrap, we concoct unnecessary contraptions that fix what is not broken. We tackle the mundane with urgency and stubbornness to satisfy our innate urge to tinker where no tinker has tinkered before. We dream of obsolescence on the notion of a better tomorrow.

With the combined forces of isolated parts buzzing in unison like a symphony of gears, we conjure behemoth contraptions that unleash the harnessed energy of fossil fuels in a smothering busts of combusted genius.

With minuscule intrigue, we delve into the precise world of tiny unseen processes in calculation. We are lulled by a nano-world of undetectable energy transfers and lightning fast computations. We plunge into the information age of categorical picturesque meta data as users of electronic devices with the attention span of mosquitos. With the refinement of our self-analyses we are unrelenting in an attempt build machines in our likeness.

Without machines, we are what nature intended, dreadfully curious, remarkably unclothed and rusting beautifully.

The Machine Show is made possible by a loose knit guild of artists whose work mirror the struggle and triumphs of man over machine and visa versa. The roster includes but is not limited to friends of Swampspace such as Bhakti Baxter, Robert Chambers, Mark Diamond, Liz Ferrer, Jason Hedges, Brookhart Jonquil, Karell Levy, Justin Long, Daniel Newman, Jeffery Noble, Brandon Opalka, Tao Rey, ™ Sisters, Raymond Brown, Clifton Childree, Douglas Hoexema, Paloma Izquierdo, Coral Morphologic, Franchesco LoCastro, Hugo Montoya and David Rohn.

Special thanks to Craig Robins and the Miami Design District Associates, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In recognition of Harriet Carter and Lillian Vernon.

"The scientists today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane." Nikola Tesla

Robert Chambers

Brookhart Jonquil

Justin Long

Daniel Newman

Brandon Opalka

Bhakti Baxter

Raymond Brown

Clifton Childree

Douglas Hoexema

Paloma Izquierdo

Francesco LoCastro

Hugo Montoya

T M Sisters

Coral Morphologic

Karelle Levy

David Rohn

Liz Ferrer

Jason Hedges

Tao Rey

"You have to be practical. Doing even crazy things with a logical approach." Martine Rothblatt

The Machine Show at Swampspace is a lighthearted look at the history of mechanization and the influence of machines on the development of modern civilization.

With the understanding of six simple machines, we negotiate the material world that is defined by physical law.

With reinvention of the wheel and a betterment of the mousetrap, we concoct unnecessary contraptions that fix what is not broken. We tackle the mundane with urgency and stubbornness to satisfy our innate urge to tinker where no tinker has tinkered before. We dream of obsolescence on the notion of a better tomorrow.

With the combined forces of isolated parts buzzing in unison like a symphony of gears, we conjure behemoth contraptions that unleash the harnessed energy of fossil fuels in a smothering busts of combusted genius.

With minuscule intrigue, we delve into the precise world of tiny unseen processes in calculation. We are lulled by a nano-world of undetectable energy transfers and lightning fast computations. We plunge into the information age of categorical picturesque meta data as users of electronic devices with the attention span of mosquitos. With the refinement of our self-analyses we are unrelenting in an attempt build machines in our likeness.

Without machines, we are what nature intended, dreadfully curious, remarkably unclothed and rusting beautifully.

The Machine Show is made possible by a loose knit guild of artists whose work mirror the struggle and triumphs of man over machine and visa versa. The roster includes but is not limited to friends of Swampspace such as Bhakti Baxter, Robert Chambers, Mark Diamond, Liz Ferrer, Jason Hedges, Brookhart Jonquil, Karell Levy, Justin Long, Daniel Newman, Jeffery Noble, Brandon Opalka, Tao Rey, ™ Sisters, Raymond Brown, Clifton Childree, Douglas Hoexema, Paloma Izquierdo, Coral Morphologic, Franchesco LoCastro, Hugo Montoya and David Rohn.

Special thanks to Craig Robins and the Miami Design District Associates, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In recognition of Harriet Carter and Lillian Vernon.

"The scientists today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane." Nikola Tesla