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So it's a 1970's Coke machine with the paint ground off and slightly modified
to accomodate 2-1/2" shipping tubes. And at 50 cents a pop, it's not making
anybody rich. But the Robotic Art Dispenser is a fine example of technology at
work, of distribution art to the financially strapped enthusiast, of dispursing
propaganda, fine art, stories, poetry, photographs and anything else we can squeeze
into an 8 inch container.
The machine holds the works of ten Seattle based artists and represents a core
philosophy of AFWFA- let technology serve man, let technology be the gateway to
a different work model, and make art for the people. Plus it's cheap fun and you
are never quite sure what you will get. We would make an army of art dispensers,
but at this stage in the game, they make no money as most items cost more than
the 50 cents you buy them for. And maybe that's what I love about art. People
spend so much time making it with little or no financial reward. What is it about
art that keeps us up late at night, that absorbs so much time and money in its
creation, that torments and teases us to near exhaustion or insanity. It is a
beautiful flower and an honest pursuit. It is the mountain top we'll never summit,
the thirst that can't be quenched, the math equation that just doen't add up.
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