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October 1, 2026
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Salon 111, "Talking About Co-Working" (October 1, 2026), is moderated by Cynthia Beth Rubin and Cynthia DiDonato and focuses on Techspressionism Co-Working, the weekly, peer-run Zoom sessions the two began in July 2023. Lee Schnaiberg announces Salon 112, on Thursday, November 5, and its theme of perception▶ 0:43, and the two Cynthias describe how Co-Working began▶ 5:41 and how it has met every week since▶ 6:31. Participating artists then describe what the group has meant to their work: Susan Detroy lists the perspectives and feedback she gets▶ 10:31, Michael Pierre Price compares the structure of co-working to a creative Möbius loop▶ 14:53, Karen LaFleur, in a pre-recorded video, uses it to collect her thoughts, make work and try techniques▶ 18:49, Lee Musgrave finds it humanistic rather than professorial▶ 22:15, and Mary Ahern, new to the group, says it changed how she thinks about her art▶ 25:07. In pre-recorded videos, Bob Prata shows how Allen Hirsh's software transformed one of his drawings▶ 31:44 and Dimitrije Martinovic describes how the group eased his sense of isolation▶ 35:11. Michael Woodruff shows what co-working achieves cumulatively▶ 38:07, Allen Hirsh uses fellow artists' work as a platform for his own transformations▶ 41:10, Stephen Paré shows a picture that proved decisive for him▶ 45:47, and cha talks about sharing work from a prolific practice▶ 48:27, including a series of about 99 videos▶ 51:23. Cynthia DiDonato reads a statement from Sahar Moussavi▶ 54:41, who could not attend, and Marya Triandafellos speaks in a pre-recorded video about the benefit to her practice▶ 57:11. Cynthia Beth Rubin describes collaborations that grew out of co-working▶ 59:56, and Cynthia DiDonato presents on artist influences and "breaking the border"▶ 1:05:25 before the Cynthias explain how to join▶ 1:08:31. In the open discussion, Stephen Carpenter says he hopes to join once his schedule allows▶ 1:14:58, Allen Hirsh says no other group lets him discuss technology in art▶ 1:17:29, and Susan Detroy says co-working and the salons changed who she is as an artist▶ 1:20:48. Colin Goldberg thanks the Cynthias and all the participants▶ 1:23:29 and invites everyone to the after-party, where ideas for upcoming salons are discussed▶ 1:32:05.
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Participants (15)
- ▶ 10:02 Susan Lynn Detroy
- ▶ 14:00 Michael Pierre Price USA
- ▶ 18:15 Karen LaFleur USA
- ▶ 21:57 Lee Musgrave USA
- ▶ 24:28 Mary Ahern
- ▶ 29:54 Bob Prata
- ▶ 34:37 Dimitrije Martinovic Canada
- ▶ 37:30 Michael Woodruff United Kingdom
- ▶ 40:55 Allen Hirsh USA
- ▶ 45:43 Stephen Paré USA
- ▶ 48:13 cha USA
- ▶ 54:06 Sahar Moussavi Iran
- ▶ 56:50 Marya Triandafellos
- ▶ 1:00:52 Cynthia Beth Rubin USA
- ▶ 1:05:00 Cynthia DiDonato USA
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Techspressionist Salon 111, “Talking About Co-Working,” recorded October 1, 2026. Techspressionism Video Archive. [DOI pending Zenodo deposit]
Techspressionist Salons are a time and place in cyberspace where artists gather once a month to hang out, share their work and discuss matters relating to art, philosophy, and technology. These meetups were conceived as a modern counterpart to the Surrealist salons of the 1920s and 1930s, in which artists could meet informally to socialize and discuss ideas. Techspressionism is a 100% volunteer-based international artist community.
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The First Techspressionist Salon was held on September 1, 2020, and included artists Colin Goldberg, Patrick Lichty, Steve Miller and Oz Van Rosen, as well as art historian Helen Harrison.
In 1990, after serving as curator of the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY, director of the Public Art Preservation Committee in Manhattan, and curator of Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, Ms. Harrison became the director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, a National Historic Landmark museum and the former home of Abstract Expressionist painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. She served as Director of this National Historic Landmark museum and research collection in East Hampton from 1990 until retiring from her post in 2024. Ms. Harrison continues to serve Techspressionist artistic community in an advisory role.
During this first Salon session, the working definition of Techspressionism was decided upon by the participants as: “An artistic approach in which technology is utilized as a means to express emotional experience.”
Artist Davonte Bradley (aka DAVO) proposed the idea of recording the Salons and publishing them on the Techspressionism YouTube Channel, which was implemented starting with Salon #8.
Salons are moderated by a rotating panel of artist volunteers. After the recording ends, artists are welcome to hang out for the afterparty (aka advisory board meeting), in which the topic for the next Salon is decided upon, and other community-related ideas are discussed.
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