{"id":5027,"date":"2026-09-20T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=5027"},"modified":"2026-09-20T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:59:10","slug":"martin-messier-sewing-machine-orchestra-wonderspaces-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/martin-messier-sewing-machine-orchestra-wonderspaces-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Messier \u2014 Sewing Machine Orchestra, Wonderspaces Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:100%;max-width:540px;margin:0 auto 24px\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHW0XJhJC-t\/embed\/\" title=\"Martin Messier \u2014 Sewing Machine Orchestra, Wonderspaces Austin\" width=\"540\" height=\"850\" style=\"width:100%;height:850px;border:0\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sewing machines begin to play by themselves. Their pulses fall into step, lamps flicker, and the rhythm intensifies: a domestic workshop takes on an almost animal presence. In <em>Sewing Machine Orchestra<\/em>, Martin Messier turns familiar objects into instruments whose every vibration becomes audible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian artist works across sound, light and movement. Contact microphones and computer programming reveal another memory within these machines: repeated gestures, labour and family histories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Documented venue:<\/strong> Wonderspaces Austin, Austin, Texas, United States. Reel published by the venue on 18 March 2025; archival documentation, rather than a current exhibition announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>Martin Messier \u2014 Sewing Machine Orchestra. Image : archives de l\u2019artiste \/ artist\u2019s archive, martinmessier.art. Vid\u00e9o \/ video : Wonderspaces Austin, Instagram. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DHW0XJhJC-t\/\">Original video<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/martinmessier.art\/sewing-machine-orchestra-installation.html\">Source and documentation<\/a><\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sewing machines begin to play by themselves. Their pulses fall into step, lamps flicker, and the rhythm intensifies: a domestic workshop takes on an almost animal presence. 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