Montreal – vending machine art

This is the coolest thing ever. Take an old cigarette machine, replace the cigarette boxes with cigarette shaped boxes of art from local artists, and then charge people some loose change to buy it. Too cool to be true? You’ll find it in the cosy bar of Casa del Popolo in Montreal.

Nicole put me onto it after visiting the place many times when she lived there a few years back. We’re glad we ran across to it from it’s kinda sister restaurant/bar/venue across the road, La Sala Rosa, where we were seeing a Deerhunter gig. What type of art does it contain, I hear you ask? 3″ CDs, zines, drawings, buttons – the possibilities are endless, and I love the gamble of choosing it by a vague image on a little button.

If anyone has a spare old-school cigarette machine in Sydney then let me know and we can all be having a little bit of local art in our lives.

Note: Turns out there are a few of these machines around Montreal and you can find more info from here.