Vending Machines: Coined Consumerism is more coffee table art book than the social history of vending machines the product description led me to expect. It’s a curious book, both in the sense that it’s hard to pigeonhole and that it looks at vending machines in original ways.Some of the photographers/artists see the machines as futuristic and daring, such as the machines that vend tiny original artworks or the machines that are more performance art than public convenience. There’s the coffee dispenser that contains an actual woman serving the coffee, for instance.Other artists see the machines as decaying relics of the past. Rust-streaked, with parts missing, advertising products that are obsolete, they look desolate and depressing. Many of the photos are of machines in Japan, where there are more vending machines per capita than anywhere else. In addition to the usual soft drinks and cigarettes, avant garde machines dispense toilet paper, rice, koi, and books. Vending machines for

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