Machine Project was a Los Angeles based not-for-profit arts organization and community event space. Focused on the local community many considered Machine Project to be a Community museum. From 2003 until its closing in 2018, the Machine Project’s mission was to produce cultural programming that inspires audiences to become creatively active by engaging with and reimagining the arts and sciences in new ways. The Project utilized a range of techniques to encourage participation such as informality, humor, and surprises in order to make new, exciting and complex ideas accessible. From a storefront gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood, near the major intersection of Alvarado Street and Sunset Boulevard, Machine Project offered workshops, exhibitions, performances and talks all centered aroun