Salon, a game of Tables & Chairs

"Salon, a game of Tables & Chairs" is a social sculpture that references and enables a rapidly disappearing situation of common social interaction. The installation presents a scenario wherein to inhabit it, one is both within a structured setting, and engages others through a social device that repeats the setting itself. In our world increasingly becoming more meta, Salon is Real and simulataneouly meta, a paradoxical relationship that produces a heightenned sense of presence at the table. Salon is a game, a real and novel board game that is About being at table playing games, the geometry and choreography of Conversation.