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Schloss Hollenegg castle exhibition explores the design of dining table etiquette



Twenty-one designers have explored the rituals of the dinner table for an exhibition inside an Austrian castle.
Called Ad Mensam after the Latin for "at the table", the exhibition explores the table as a place where people gather to share food and have proper conversations.
It is on show at Schloss Hollenegg, a castle on the outskirts of Graz that regularly hosts exhibitions supporting young designers. The 21 projects are on show throughout the castle's rooms, in site-specific installations.
The Ad Mensam exhibition presents work relating to the idea of table rituals
"We don't eat only to feed our bodies, we meet around a table as a form of communion with other people," explained the exhibition's curator Alice Stori Liechtenstein, who lives at the castle. Stori Liechtenstein's daughter is becoming a teenager, and starting to question table manners and why meals are taken at the table. This became the starting point for the show.
The exhibition takes place at Schloss Hollenegg in Austria
"Food is nourishment, and at the same time, an excuse to come together and communicate," she continued. "The rituals we have created over the centuries are meant to facilitate this communication and provide us with a much needed sense of belonging."
"The table should be a safe place for everyone. Most of our table manners come from a time when being at the table was still very dangerous as people carried knives, so table manners came about as a wa...
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