ZEIT FÜR KOST [A SEASON TO SAVOR]: The well-dressed table

Culinary staging and exceptional design in the garden of the MAK Geymüllerschlössel

Table Curation: Marco Dessí
Food: El Reno

2.30 pm 
Guided tour of the Schlössel

7-9 pm 
Meditative Happening in James Turrell’s Skyspace
After a guided tour with art educator Laura Pirgie, we invite you to join us for a shared mindful experience of James Turrell’s Skyspace The Other Horizon. James Turrell is known for his innovative work with light. His focus is on the manipulation of natural and artificial light, creating immersive and meditative experiences. During the Meditative Happening, participants can experience the artwork and admire the play of light.
Tickets Participation Meditative Happening: € 5,50 
Please book your tickets for the meditative happening in advance


Sun, 13.9.2026 12 pm9 pm
MAK Geymüllerschlössel

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Takes place only in fine weather.
Admission: € 8.50 online / € 9.50 on site

MAK Geymüllerschlössel
Pötzleinsdorfer Str. 102, 1180 Vienna
Guided tour of the Schlössel: 2.30 pm 
The Schlössel is open to visitors until 6 pm

Bringing Animals: Assistance dogs are welcome in the MAK Geymüllerschlössel and its garden. Unfortunately, pets other than assistance dogs are not permitted.


ZEIT FÜR KOST 2026

In the summer of 2026, ZEIT FÜR KOST [A SEASON TO SAVOR] will once more be staged in the Geymüllerschlössel—in a new, expanded form.
 
Continuing the series developed in cooperation with POPCHOP in 2024, this year’s presentation consists of five events on one day per month over five months, in a format that places design, cuisine, and art in a context appealing to all of our senses.
 
Each of the five events focuses on a specially curated well-dressed table. The curators have created unique settings for their tables using ceramics, glass, textiles, flower arrangements, and objects from a wide range of sources. Historical allusions stand shoulder-to-shoulder with contemporary design, each table forming an atmospheric ensemble that combines collage, still-life, and tableau vivant.
 
The culinary offerings at each event complement the table designs: for each day a food pop-up has been invited to collaborate on a special menu that echoes, develops, and translates into culinary terms the materials, colors, textures, and moods of that day’s table. The series is accompanied by a program of music, readings, and performances that harmonize with each day’s event without taking center stage.
 
ZEIT FÜR KOST [A SEASON TO SAVOR], hosted by Popchop, conceives the well-dressed table as a stage for contemporary food culture, artistic encounters, and relaxing in the unique atmosphere of the Geymüllerschlössel, Pötzleinsdorf’s historic architectural jewel. Between June and October the Schlössel thus presents a series of events each with its own distinctive character but united by a common dramatic structure composed of setting, food culture, and applied art.
 
The Geymüllerschlössel, originally built as a summer residence, today affords an authentic insight into the diversity of Biedermeier domestic culture and interior design. In the garden visitors can admire contemporary art, such as Hubert Schmalix’s sculpture Der Vater weist dem Kind den Weg [The Father Shows the Way to his Child] (1996), and American light artist James Turrell’s atmospheric Skyspace The Other Horizon (1998/2004).

Dates 2026:
Sunday 7.6. | 5.7. | 30.8. | 13.9. | 4.10.

Kindly supported by Riess Emaille, Vöslauer, and Grieskirchner Bier.

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Culinary staging and exceptional design in the garden of the MAK Geymüllerschlössel
Between sound, language, and projection: experimental, atmospheric. With dense, immersive compositions.