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All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Free
“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.
Eli KauffmanMichael GunnTicketsxLight as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception
Special Event
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
“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.
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June 18, 2015
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June 18, 2015
9:00 pm
WILL GUTHRIE (mego / erstwhile / ipecac) + TITANS OF JAZZ andré cormier’s “hic et nunc” + EMILY DIX-THOMAS (cello) + and LAURA CETILIA (cello) philip glass’ “strung out” + CHASE SPRUILL (violin)
DEATH VESSEL / MIRAH / KID IN THE ATTIC / NICK JAINA
June 14, 2015
xDEATH VESSEL / MIRAH / KID IN THE ATTIC / NICK JAINA
June 14, 2015
8:00 pm
THIS SHOW WILL ACTUALLY BLOW YOU AWAY SO BRING AN ANCHOR. Come at 8pm. It's interdisciplinary. Death Vessel (PVD) //\\ the whole band this time. f yeah. Mirah (BROOKLYN) \\// from "DIY mini-masterpieces that express a punk sensibility through broken drum machines, reverb-drenched guitars and ukulele" to "mature, complex and immaculately-produced" -(Wikipedia, fo sho) KID IN THE ATTIC (BROOKLYN) //\\ FAHKING GEORGEOUS (period) Nick Jaina (Portland, OR) \\// READING & SONG > Nick is traveling to promote his new book, "Get it while you can." Whole Grain, baby.
KOOLMORF WIDESEN / XEROME \ REVERSE ENGINEERING
May 28, 2015
xKOOLMORF WIDESEN / XEROME \ REVERSE ENGINEERING
May 28, 2015
8:00 pm
SO THRILLD
To be hosting Koolmorf Widesen in from Firenze, ITALY and our own PVD live pa jammers Xerome and Reverse Engineering. LIVE ELECTRONIC. ACID // TECH // HARD/WET/WARE. KOOLMORF WIDESEN
Project of seasoned Italian electronic music producer and acid maestro Leonardo Barbadoro. He's shared stages with the likes of Apparat, Fuck Buttons, Luke Vibert, The Bug. He's even got a computer controlled robot orchestra. We'll show you when we see you there. XEROME
Back in Providence for the summer this live hardware techno maniac is ready to rip. SO hard.
REVERSE ENGINEERING
New project of the underworldy/sensual Kurt Snell - Pieces gently torn apart and put back together backwords. Oh yeah, he's a werewolf.
MOUSER / DAN TALBOT / ELEVATED COUCH / DAVEY HARMS
May 24, 2015
xMOUSER / DAN TALBOT / ELEVATED COUCH / DAVEY HARMS
May 24, 2015
8:00 pm
Mouser / Unhinged freaks from W.Mass/Baltimore, Drums, Guitar, Laptop, and a yeller + DAN TALBOT / Insane one man pop band + ELEVATED COUCH / Completely bizarred International Band/World Music featuring Ren Schofield (of Container) and a man named Johann + DAVEY HARMS / Slightly weird techno
INTERRUPT III Satellite
March 15, 2015
xINTERRUPT III Satellite
March 15, 2015
8:00 pm
INTERRUPT III SATELLITE READINGS + PERFORMANCES by RRLEW
MATT UNDERWOOD, V MANUSCRIPT, WILLA VAN NOSTRAND, AKIKO HATAKEYAMA, REED GAINES, VISZK (n carolina), LAURA WARMAN (w mass) w live video/soundscaping all night by MARALIE (VALISE). MACHINES W MAGNETS in collaboration w Interrupt3: A Discussion Forum and Studio for New Forms of Language Art Highlighting text and/or/as image, art and/or/as language and with a particular investment in digitally mediated language art, Interrupt3 will take place, chiefly, in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, March 12-15, 2015.
"Church & Main" PAWTUCKET NETWORKS: cocktails & conversation
February 18, 2015
x"Church & Main" PAWTUCKET NETWORKS: cocktails & conversation
February 18, 2015
6:00 pm
The Pawtucket Commission on Arts & Culture, Machines with Magnets, and Pawtucket Foundation invite you to PAWTUCKET NETWORKS, "Church & Main - cocktails and conversation at Machines W. Magnets on February 18th, 2015
from 6pm – 8:00pm. Join the conversation as we discuss the challenges that local artists and galleries face, ways that we can overcome these challenges and how we can pool our talents to strengthen this already thriving community. This will be a guided forum discussion for all who are interested in the advancement of arts in Pawtucket. The event will kick-off at 6pm on Wednesday, February 18th @ Machines With Magnets , 400 Main St., Pawtucket, RI. The bar will be open and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The guided forum discussion begins at 6:00pm, followed by a meet & greet from 7:00pm until 8:00pm. Have a drink, enjoy the gallery, drop a business card and make some new connections!
