1977 was an important year for Orlan. Her sculpture and performance 'The kiss of the artist', based on the texts 'Facing a society of mothers and merchants' and 'Art and prostitution', written in collaboration with Hubert Besacier, gave her a name in the world of art. It became subject of a scandal and caused a lot of reactions, either negative or positive.Orlan stationed herself outside the Grand Palais, site of FIAC, the French art fair, next to a life- size photo of her torso transformed into a slot machine that she identified as an automatic kiss- vending object. Customers who inserted five francs in the slot between the breasts could watch the coin descend to the crotch, at which point the live artist jumped off her pedestal to reward the purchaser with a real kiss (Rose).