MAD Arts Presents The Junk Machine by ClownVamp
Thursday, 10/02/2025-12/07/2025, 11:00 am-10:00 pm
MAD Arts
481 S Federal Hwy,
Dania Beach, Florida, 33004
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MAD Arts, a museum, community hub and laboratory for art and technology, is proud to present The Junk Machine by conceptual artist ClownVamp.

The gallery will host a public opening reception on Saturday, October 4, from 6-10 p.m., kicking off the exhibition, which will be on view through December 7, 2025.

At the center of ClownVamp’s installation is a bright pink robot that generates endless, AI-produced “junk mail” at the push of a button. Using a local AI model on an embedded NVIDIA Jetson computer, it prints surreal, gluttony-inspired images on 6×6 inch paper with no Wi-Fi or cloud, producing a continuous flood of algorithmic output.

The Junk Machine playfully and provocatively explores the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. As ClownVamp notes, “It can create beauty, humor, and engaging interactions, but it can also be industrialized into a mechanism for proliferation of past biases, capitalist imagery, and visual noise.” The exhibition invites viewers to confront how experimental AI tools are being transformed into engines of mass production, offering an experience that is both playful and unsettling.