a machine that makes the art is a telematic performance in which two musicians attempt to create a live improvised piece of music using video conferencing software. Almost a year before COVID-19 brought our lives online, musical collaborators Jake Zaslav and Caleb Martin-Rosenthal decided to make music over Skype while living in different countries. a machine that makes the art examines the limits at which technology can simulate experience and explores how video conferencing software transforms the very message it transmits