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A white vending machine labelled “Anger Release Machine” stands against a plain wall. Its glass front displays shelves of ceramic plates and glassware.

Crockery in a vending machine: the perfect anger release device by Yarisal & Kublitz

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Date
4 May 2012

The fact that vending machines are, usually, placed in some of the most frustratingly boring places on the planet (I’m looking at you, driving theory test waiting room), artists Yarisal and Kublitz have definitely got the right idea with their Anger Release Machine. A powerful team, the Berlin-based duo put their brains together to create some of the most pleasant visual sculpture around. Notably their piece Unheimlich in L.A which depicts stiff little triangles falling out of a killim, and whole warehouse spaces filled with candle-snuffing balloons. Totally simple, and brilliant.

A woven rug with a geometric pattern in red, tan, and grey hangs against a white wall. Small wooden blocks are scattered on the floor below.
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Yarisal & Kublitz: Unheimlich in L.A

A large woven rug with a geometric diamond pattern in shades of ochre, rust and navy blue hangs against a white wall. Small, colourful rectangular fabric scraps are scattered on the floor below.
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Yarisal & Kublitz: Unheimlich in L.A

A collection of small, colourful geometric blocks are scattered across a plain white floor. Some of the blocks are broken into fragments. In the background, the edge of a patterned rug with red, orange and black diamonds is visible.
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Yarisal & Kublitz: Unheimlich in LA

A sculpture of stacked, house-shaped forms in various colours and sizes. The precarious tower stands against a plain white wall on a thin grey base.
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Yarisal & Kublitz: Totem

A sequence of six photographs shows a person in a black coat in a white gallery space. They approach a grey plinth, place a red balloon on it, and then walk away.
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Yarisal & Kublitz: Freedom Fighter

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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