Description: The Operator Salon is conversation-focused appendage to the Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti's art house, Operator. In order to pay homage to the queer couple Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas’ salons in the 1930s, which hosted the likes of Picasso and Hemingway. The salon merges their expertise in art and technology with their love for conversation, culture and critical thinking.
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Alice Toklas (left) and Gertrude Stein (right) in the Atelier at 27 Rue de Fleurus. Photograph by Man Ray in 1923.
Naturally Ania and Dejha’s ‘2.0 version’ has a slight departure from the original salons of the 1930s, due to the fact its first iteration took place digitally, as well as its topical focus on technology. Through curated conversations, the duo explores technology’s both obvious and nuanced effects on culture, art, design, love, sex, politics, and life. The first iteration included conversations on Digital Fashion , AI Art , as well as Art Infrastructures for Advanced Technologies .