The Viennese Cafe and fin-de-siecle culture

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The Viennese cafe was a key site of turn-of-twentieth century modernity. It functioned as both home and workplace, affording opportunities not only for leisure but also for intellectual exchange. This multi-disciplinary project explores the social and artistic interactions that took place in Adolf Loos's Cafe Museum (1899) an icon of modern design, as well as archetypal Viennese coffee-house. It will result in an international conference and a major publication. We also hope to arrange an exhibition at the Royal College of Art, London. There will be an exhibition broadsheet; as well as a series of musical and literary performances.