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# Brighton artist Jamie McCartney creates bomb-shaped vending machine for Ukraine
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brighton-artist-jamie-mccartney-creates-bomb-shaped-vending-machine-for-ukraine/
- Published: 2023-02-13T11:00:08.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-13T11:00:08.000Z
- Description: The renowned Brighton artist was invited to Ukraine, shortly after the invasion began, to give a talk in Lviv on the Mission of Culture During Crisis. What he saw shocked him, and he created this artwork to help.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, News, Brighton, Brighton Museum, Ukraine

Brighton artist **Jamie McCartney** has created a bomb-shaped vending machine to raise funds for **Ukraine**, which is currently installed in the lobby of **Brighton Museum**.

The renowned Brighton artist was invited to Ukraine, shortly after the invasion began, to give a talk in Lviv on the *Mission of Culture During Crisis*. What he saw shocked him, and he created this artwork to help.

**Peace Machine #2** is a vending machine that dispenses plaster casts of a bullet and shrapnel from an injured Ukrainian soldier. Created in 2015 after the Russian invasion of Crimea it is currently installed in the lobby of Brighton Museum. You insert £2 and turn the handle to win a capsule that contains one of the casts and a certificate hand-signed by the artist.

One hundred per-cent of the money goes to [**Voices of Children Foundation**](https://jamiemccartney.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bcc93868b9fa6351fb194f6eb&id=bac8bbb90d&e=b3038d840c&ref=scenemag.co.uk), a Ukrainian charity providing immediate psychological services to child victims of the war. There is also[ a Just Giving page](http://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jamie-mccartney-ukraine-peace-machine?ref=scenemag.co.uk) for those you can’t visit the museum but would like to help.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-4-scaled-e1676285853159.jpg)

Peace Machine #2 at Brighton Museum

Jamie said: “I converted an arcade vending machine to resemble a mortar bomb. Normally these machines dispense trinkets like toy soldiers to children. But this one isn’t for kids and war isn’t a game. These capsules are an analogue for the ball bearings used in explosive devices and contain plaster casts of the shrapnel and bullet. Insert £2 and take your chances.

“When you hold these items in your hand I hope it will affect you in the same way it affected me. Peace has a chance when war is no longer considered an option. This piece is about all wars but its genesis in Ukraine means I must use it now to help the people there. I must make a stand.

“This is also the only place you’ll ever be able to buy an original artwork by me for pocket change!”