The majority of the events and exhibitions on show here in Vienna during its design week are set in beautifully historic buildings that have been designed in the 19th or early 20th century by (in)famous architects such as Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffman, Otto Wagner or Gottfried Semper.
You Take a Seat, I Take a Picture by Helmut Palla is set in the breathtakingly huge exhibit space at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Atelierhaus which used to be the Semperdepot, built by Gottfried Semper and Karl Hasenauer. From 1874 through 1877 it served as a backdrop for theatrical stages.
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