Bernhard Cella

learning English has no use"[18] he used reproductions of his artworks to overcome language barriers[19] that he encountered during a stay in Nanjing, where he used the aesthetics to create modes of communication to make it possible for him and the Chinese students to work together.

[23][24] His lectures were held in institutions like the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, the print room in Amsterdam,[25] the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, and the Ö1[26] of the Castle Sigharting.

The printed matter is presented using a cumulative method that uses formats like rotating exhibitions, performative readings and lectures that are organized together with other artists, curators and philosophers.

The Salon für Kunstbuch has hosted talks by Sabeth Buchmann, Elisabeth Samsonov, Bureau for Open Culture[44] and the Grazer Autorenversammlung.

In 2011 the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, a public institution, bought the work for the newly opened venue 21er Haus.

[45] Since then the Salon für Kunstbuch operates as the museum's shop and as a steadily changing sculptural and performative intervention in the foyer of the 21er Haus.