As our first foray into our new software, we data-populated an account for our sample user, Robin Murphy. We added her collection (which we’ve been using for years in our prototypes), and we also created a Rookery Room for every salon we’ve hosted at Peridot Green.
The first salon is an exploration of the symbols of American Cyborg. We collect our shared imagery and vocabulary in a neo-modernist framework.
The second salon is an examination of the magical talismans we carry day-to-day: jewelry, wearable technology, notebooks. We consider the act of creating this kind of secret, private language.
Our third salon looks at a purely naturalist categorical system, and the challenges of trying to organize something as complex as particle physics.
Our fourth salon admires the faces and expressions of human and non-human animals.
Our fifth salon studies the concept of a shared sacred space that is both protected and exposed.
Our sixth salon experiments with the narrative style of a chain of small stories, sometimes open and sometimes closed.
Our seventh salon communes with electrically charged treasures.
Our eighth salon is a collective exercise in shared emotional responses.
Our ninth salon is a study of knits and fabrics.
Our tenth salon is a toast to those far away.
Our eleventh salon is about finding expansive realms in hidden spaces.
Our twelfth salon is a study of light and color.