Andrew J. Greene Hope

Ten used toy vending machines² are installed in the corridor beside the entrance of the gallery. Each vending machine displays a different collection of antique items.
A polished, black, granite sculpture depicting an antique film camera sits near the entrance of the gallery and points inward.³
A 48-foot-long aluminum railing is suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the gallery. The railing consists of (six) 8-foot sections, each of which is engraved with two phrases,⁴ one on each side. A doubled series of red, cardboard numbers, one to nine with zero at the end, hang from the railing.⁵ Small desktop fans are assimilated into the architecture of the railing and animate the numbers.
A mirror made to look like an antique film camera⁶ is centred on the back wall.
A motorised, life-size, swan decoy⁷ is mounted to the wall in the back corner of the gallery.
² They were designed to appeal to children with bright colors and dispensed little tchotchkes and toys in plastic capsules.
³The sculpture is a 1:1 translation of a portion of a headstone in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.
⁴ The phrases are appropriated from storefront signage, book titles, and radio advertisements.
⁵ Jack’s Candy, a wholesale candy outlet in downtown Los Angeles displays numbered piñatas along a tensioned cable near the entrance of the store causing them to occasionally sway in the breeze.
⁶ The mirror is a 1:1 translation of an existing mirror in the men’s bathroom of a Casablanca themed restaurant in Venice, CA.
⁷ A swan decoy is used to scare away smaller fowl and prevent them from nesting on private property.

Cardboard, aluminum, fans
Dimensions variable; each number approx. 55.9 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm, 22 x 12 x 3 in

Custom-made sign
Sign: 60 x 60 cm, 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in Overall: 80 x 77 x 20 cm, 31 1/2 x 30 1/4 x 7 7/8 in

Toy capsule vending machine, crystal paperweights
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, cast iron banks
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, silver banks
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, copper ashtrays
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, silver gift box
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, crystal paperweights
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, cast iron banks
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, silver salt and pepper shakers
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, silver candy dishes
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in

Toy capsule vending machine, cast iron banks
76.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm, 30 x 10 x 10 in