The middle child of three sons, Matthew was mostly raised by his mother Deborah, while his father James was away working as an engineer on oil tankers.
Sourcing items like ping pong balls, slinkies, soup cans, rubber hotdogs and more, to deepen the work's narrative intent.
[6] In 2016, Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, which Machine Dazzle heavily collaborated on, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
[10] Ouroboros is a queer maximalist art exhibit made with the help of community members from locally sourced recycled materials.
Machine Dazzle performed at the Ann Arbor Michigan Theater[11] on March 14, 2024 to talk about maximalism in addition to his exhibit installation.