The Little Machine

Tomorrow 2pm NEEDLEWORK: live skin interface. A new performance by Marian Sandberg. Tattoo artist: Holley Rentsch. Essay: Stelarc. Following on from Sandberg’s 2024 performance “Data Reveal Party”, Sandberg again conceives of this performance as a “party”: a goodbye or farewell to the melanin destroyed by her own immune system. Come join us, all welcome, snacks and drinks provided. Please note, during Needlework a tattoo will be applied directly to the skin of the artist. A trigger warning is advised for people with trypanophobia and hematophobia.

Various moments during Melbourne Art Fair. So many visitors are coming through the booth to spend time with the new works by Jingwei Bu and Aldo Iacobelli.

Across thoughtful conversations, new connections being made, dear friends celebrated, and the powerful performance by Jingwei Bu, this fair is full of meaningful moments.

Come visit us for the last day today: we’re here until 5pm

Tonight we listened to Time Sick by Ena Grozdanić. A beautiful non-linear narrative sound work about memory of violence. Weaving in and out of personal narrative, shared stories, archival records, and allegorical fiction the work projects a dense web of thought and emotion. Thanks to .b.lock for the sound system for the pa and .xyz for the beanbags. TLM is supported by

Come see us at Melbourne Art Fair 2026

Alongside an incredible line-up of leading galleries and art centres, The Little Machine is thrilled to be exhibiting at 2026. Four days when the city belongs to art, 19-22 February.
MAF takes place at the , bringing together galleries and Indigenous art centres; artists and designers. This year it is promising potent installations, lively talks, international moving image works and more.

We’ll be showing new works by Aldo Iacobelli and Jingwei Bu . Early bird tickets are on sale, but only for one more week. Don’t miss out.
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This is art. This is Melbourne.

Second lecture of our six part series on topics in history and philosophy of art. This Saturday Michael Newall will talk about the cultural and evolutionary foundation of cuteness and will explore its aesthetics. Join us at 2pm, free.

Due to extreme weather warnings we are rescheduling this evening’s artist talk to tomorrow, Saturday August 30, at 4pm. Please stay safe indoors today if you can, and we hope to seeing you many of you tomorrow!

FRIDAY 29 AUG 6pm — Join us for a conversation with some of the artists about photography, personhood, disguises, masks and costumes, idolisation, and more.

Free - all welcome | Photography: Sam Roberts