- These antique carcinogen delivery systems have been disarmed and reclaimed by North Carolinian artist Clark Whittington.
- They are now Art-o-mat machines -- repurposed cigarette vending machines that dispense art and are, in and of themselves, art.
- Machines are installed across the country, including in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
- And there are several in Las Vegas, where one inebriated smoker, Whittington recounted, woke the next morning to find art on his night table, instead of the cigarettes he thought he had purchased.
- Whittington's goal is to put local artists' works in each city's machines.
Read an overview article here. Learn more about the project here. Find an Art-o-mat machine near you.
