AxS Festival 2014 | CURIOSITY has commissioned the fascinating LA-based arts collective Machine Project to re-imagine a quintessential Pasadena landmark — the Greene and Greene Arts and Crafts masterpiece — The Gamble House.
For The Machine Project Field Guide to The Gamble House, Machine Project founder and artistic director Mark Allen has orchestrated a diverse group of Los Angeles artists to create new works exploring, celebrating, and dramatizing the curious architectural icon.
Over the course of the two-week AxS Festival, the history, aesthetic and craftsmanship of The Gamble House will be subtly transformed and revealed through experimental tours, participatory nap concerts, a tableau vivant, puppets, dance, seances, videos, inflatable sculptures, joinery-specific lawn furniture, and a secret Swedish-Japanese fusion restaurant and more.
In addition to Machine Project’s daily programming that visitors will experience on regular Gamble House tours throughout AxS Festival , a centerpiece of the Field Guide project will be an all-day series of performances on the grounds and interior of the property. All events on exterior of house are free of charge, no reservations required.
Soap Making Workshop with Lisa Anne Auerbach
Saturday, October 4th from 2pm – 5pm
on The Gamble House Lawn
Learn how to make cold process soap with a reusable mold. Participants take home their own citrus soap inspired by the Gamble House—that is, the “House That Soap Built”—off of Orange Grove Boulevard.
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$40 for Machine Project Members and FoGH// $50 for General Public
Embroidering in Architecture Workshop with Jenny Hart
Saturday October 4th from 4pm – 7pm
on Aunt Julia’s Sleeping Porch
Participants learn the basics of hand embroidery as they stitch an Art Nouveau design onto a throw-pillow cover they can keep.
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$80 for Machine Project Members and FoGH// $90 for General Public