I am so conflicted (source)
Do you make/sell things that are suitable for the magical
VogVending Machine in Calgary?You remember the phone booth in Dr. Who? Well, similarly shaped to that, a mysterious vending machine will be going in the public BreakRoom & Flueseum, both of which are opening soon on the Mezzanine of Fluevog Calgary.We want to sell things in this magical machine that even the Japanese have never thought of – and we want Fluevogers to help us. Do you have a little company that makes cool things that could fit into the rings of such a machine? Dolls, ties, pencils, notebooks, magnets, weird-o-meters, penguins, mosquito gum, tin cowboys, mini orange bike seats, whatever… Tell us about them – send the details toVogVending@fluevog.com and we’ll see what we can do.
On the one hand, I love Fluevogs above all other shoes. On the other hand, art vending machines are a medium that artists appropriated from the corporations to put to better purpose. Much as I love Fluevog, it’s still a corporate entity, so it’s like they’re taking it back. If they’d contracted with, say, Art-o-mat®, I’d totally be celebrating. Then again, I’m thinking, “How cool would it be to be noticed by Fluevog! I should totally do this!”
We’ll see how it plays out. I guess what I find irksome is their lack of acknowledgment that there’s a long history of other people doing this sort of thing. None of us are in this for the money, but it’s nice to get some acknowledgment now & then!
