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Weird Faces Vending Machine

name: Matthias Dörfelt
title: Weird Faces Vending Machine
type: MFA

There is a white wall with three objects. On the top half, there is a small rectangular screen-like object with the small text "Weird Faces Unique Print $3" which is barely legible. On its right is a card swiper. On the bottom half, there is a notch in th

There is a paper held by a light skinned hand that has the text "Los Angeles, 13.02.2013". NEXT LINE: "Hey Matthias! Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" NEXT LINE: "High five!" NEXT LINE: "moka". The text is blue, small, and in a handwriting-like

There are a variety of weird faces on a printed sheet of paper/ Some are large baby-like faces, while others are small. All are outlined in black and very few have any color. They seem to be mostly circular or oblong shape faces. Some have blush, freckles

There is a small rectangular screen-like object jutting out from the white wall with the small text "Weird Faces Unique Print $3".

There are five light-skinned people, one with their hand out and a credit card ready to be swiped, in front of the display.

There is a light skinned hand swiping a credit card on the display. On the left of the card swiper is a small rectangular blue screen-like object. The text is illegible.

There are various people in a white room. One light-skinned dark blonde or light brown hair woman is looking at the back of a weird faces print. There is a light skinned brown haired man on her left smiling and holding a green bottle.

The Weird Faces Vending Machine is an installation that generates an infinite amount of weird faces that look like my hand drawn faces. It thereby questions the dominating ways in which value is generated from art in the gallery context. Instead of placing an artificially limited number of prints in the gallery space for the sole purpose of generating value and fake exclusivity, a vending machine is installed, that sells a potentially infinite number of unique computer generated prints. The name from the credit card is used by the machine to talk to the buyer and walk him through the purchase process. In addition the name is used to write a personalized dedication message on the back of the print in my own handwriting. A unique art print and a personal dedication by the artist for only three dollars? Sounds like a good deal!