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NOT YOUR AVERAGE VENDING MACHINE

 

Where do you buy your art? If Artists in Cellophane have their way, it could very well be from a repurposed cigarette vending machine. Since 1997, this art organization (AIC for short) led by Clark Whittington has been rescuing and restoring old cigarette vending machines. The AIC turns these machines into pieces of art themselves—not only are they sleek and beautiful, they are functional pieces of equipment that dispense art instead of cigarettes.

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