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Even Writers Get Addicted To Art Machines Tuesday, October 06, 2009
We’d like to thank the Geiger & Associates travel writers who stopped through CreateHere last Thursday on their quarterly tour of the Southeast for their time, patience, and appreciation for travel-sized art objects. It was a busy week at the office, what with a new gallery show, the end of the Stand’s first phase and the finalization of branding for 48 Hour Launch (not to mention the usual CreateHere madness).
In order to find out what we’re all about, this small team of journalists braved a studio rife with distraction: laptops, brochure deliveries, even the active construction of giant paper mâche letters. Yet shimmering beyond the clutter (and dashing deliverer of a CreateHere spiel) was an item of unmatched seduction — the highly addictive Art-o-Mat.
Some had seen similar use of old vending machines before, but all were enchanted by the mystery held within each cigarette-pack sized cellophane. Each of the visiting journalists wanted to put a coin in the slot and yank the antique knob to see what they would get. No two chose the same, so every purchase of a mini-robot, tiny linocut print or slice of a photograph was followed by a passing around of the little art piece.
And, on Friday morning, I daresay we saw a few familiar faces…
This Saturday, we look forward to hosting the culinary leg of the Geiger tour for a yummy tasting with some of our favorite chefs. We’ll let you know how it goes.
Thanks again to our visitors!
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