Machines With Magnets

On view in the gallery April 4-12: a la orilla
Works by Maite Sosa
Curated and designed by Mia Larkin
Opening reception Thursday, April 9, 6-9 pm and by appointment

a la orilla gathers works by Maite Sosa Methol, an exploration of how textiles can tell stories through material investigation and knitting as a medium capable of holding memories, tensions, contradictions, and cultural codes, both personal and collective.

Taking inspiration from Uruguay — a country named after a river — and its diverse landscapes and heritage, the work centers on her homeland's deep relationship to water. In her practice, water becomes material and metaphor: how it moves, erodes, reflects, and overflows. The knitted lace structures open into transparency, dyed silks ripple like tide, glass tears suspend gravity.

Unlike typical textile exhibitions that highlight finished garments, a la orilla overturns the expectation of finality and refocuses on the process stage. Her creative process begins by extracting colors and forms from photographs of Uruguay's native flora, the Ceibo flower, the surface of the water, the beach as a place of relaxation and spirituality, including Iemanjá; and the protest-driven collective energy that comes from Uruguayan Carnival, Montevideo’s vivid celebrations, rituals, and traditions. These elements inform a series of color and pattern studies that are not illustrations of culture but atmospheres translated into structure, color, and rhythm. The resulting samples come together as a collection of “little universes.”

A small window into , join us tonight for the closing reception party from 8 pm to 1 am. Art! DJs! Cocktails! Dancing! Don’t sleep on this one.

has been on view since January 23 and features work by:
Jungeun Park
Carrie Kouts
Nahom Ghebredngl .ghebredngl
Maha Mohan .mohan

Closing reception DJ sets by:
Flimsy Steve
Tensegrity
Bab .lavielle
Igloobuilder

A small window into , join us tonight for the closing reception party from 8 pm to 1 am. Art! DJs! Cocktails! Dancing! Don’t sleep on this one.

has been on view since January 23 and features work by:
Jungeun Park
Carrie Kouts
Nahom Ghebredngl .ghebredngl
Maha Mohan .mohan

Closing reception DJ sets by:
Flimsy Steve
Tensegrity
Bab .lavielle
Igloobuilder

Mood: yellow
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Disco skull
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is open, and extended to March 29! If you missed the opening, stay tuned for our closing reception announcement soon, or reach out via our website to schedule a viewing.

Works by:
Jungeun Park ()
Carrie Kouts ()
Nahom Ghebredngl (.ghebredngl)
Maha Mohan (.mohan)

360,000 umbilical cords were cut today.
A deer has been struck by a car and met its demise.

What emerges from our hands never leaves the body. Everything we create repeatedly translates its vulnerability.

Our work addresses bodies in the aftermath of events: bodies that exist after irreversible change, after conditions have already been ‘decided’.

This exhibition lingers with the irreversible.
It attends to bodies that are passed over and brushed aside, to lives that were never fully acknowledged as worthy of care; it remains as a state of being.

How we differentiate between bodies, deciding which deserve attention and which do not, ultimately mirrors how we evaluate and treat ourselves.

An abandoned helmet grew skin and gestated life.
Glass and ceramic salvaged bodies from decay.
Lanternflies crushed to death rebirthed into steel.

Special thanks to:
Wenhan Hu (.h_h.u) for photographs and videos
Alexandra Reintjes () for writing support
Hyein Shin () for the Korean curatorial statement
Poster by Dohee Kim

A few from Slow Bloom’s () dinner and ceramics workshop we hosted in November, with dishes by Chef Julia Menendez ()... and a custom fruit bowl and bubble drinkware made just for MWM.

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Risks, Rituals, & Ruptures opens October 9 with works by Jane Hesser, Catherine LeComte Lecce, Ellen Shattuck Pierce, and Ellen Wetmore. Join us at 6 pm for viewing, cocktails, and conversation followed by performances at 7 from LIGHTS OUT, Glenna Van Nostrand, Host Ensemble, and House Red.

Tickets available at the door, sliding $10-20 suggested donation. All proceeds go to Sojourner House, who envisions a world where everyone lives their life free from domestic and sexual abuse.

‘Risks, Rituals, & Ruptures’ brings together four artists who map reproduction and care—its risks, rituals, and ruptures—and the charged pause between what was and what will be. Across drawing, pattern, and photography, the works ask how we carry loss and continue to live inside the no-longer and the not-yet.

The gallery is seeking exhibit proposals for 2026 in all media including art, craft, design, architecture, installation, sound- and light-based works, and historic collections and re-contextualizations. Exhibits may be solo or group, and are two to three months long.

For details and to submit, head to machineswithmagnets.com/gallery.

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