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NO SALE
13.5” x 8” x 3”
On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME
What happens when the machine says no? Transaction Denied explores the concept of rejection—not just economic, but emotional. A burst of limbs halts time, and the loud orange of “NO SALE” becomes both warning and invitation.
13.5” x 8” x 3”
On display and available for purchase at Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME
What happens when the machine says no? Transaction Denied explores the concept of rejection—not just economic, but emotional. A burst of limbs halts time, and the loud orange of “NO SALE” becomes both warning and invitation.
Materials List
Vintage cash register keys
Copper and steel control arms
Brass fixture and pivot joints
Painted, distressed paper backing
Wood and shadowbox-style construction
Angular arms splay outward like frozen semaphore signals, mounted against a fractured ground of warm stone and oxidized brass. At the center, a round key labeled "NO SALE" boldly interrupts the notion of commerce. This piece speaks not just to transaction, but to refusal—of value, of closure, of simplicity.