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ABOUT THE MACHETE GROUP
The Machete Group organizes workshops, mini-seminars, reading groups, screenings and other events open to the public that have as their general focus the intersection between artistic practice and its theoretical articulation. The guiding proposition of the Machete Group is the claim that practice without theory is empty and theory without practice is blind. The goal of the center is to engender a rigorous and open atmosphere outside a strictly academic context that encourages autodidacticism, a willingness to question all forms of mastery and specialization, and the desire to think critically about artistic practice in an historically, socially and politically astute manner.
Monthly workshops run by Alexi Kukuljevic and Gabriel Rockhill with invited artists and intellectuals organized around select writings and works of art.
Current Exhibition
Marc Andre Robinson: The Diachronic
On view through 28 March 2010
In The Diachronic exhibition, Robinson provides an installation that addresses desire and loss through references to events that traverse personal and collective memories. The central motif of the exhibition is a toy blue gorilla. As a child Robinson watched this toy mysteriously vanish only to periodically return in other forms throughout the artists life.
NEW HOME ON THE WEB
Marginal Utility is pleased to announce the launch of our new website at www.marginalutility.org. The website features information on all current and past exhibitions, a calendar of events, artist and edition info, etc. Check it out!
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CONTACT US
If you have any questions, please contact: seminar@marginalutility.org
319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
PHONE 917.355.4487 www.marginalutility.org
HOURS: Friday 5:00–8:00 PM, Saturday-Sunday 12:00–5:00 PM
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