Living Table is an ongoing, iterative and evolving project initiated at Forgan Arts Centre during a year-long residency in 2023.

The Living Table delves into the politics and poetics of food. Each iteration of Living Table is site-specific, ephemeral, and grounded in community engagement. Structured as both a gathering and a performative inquiry, each event centres around particular ingredients or themes—shaping itself anew each time in both form and experience.

The project draws inspiration from the Manifesto Antropófago ("Cannibal Manifesto") by Brazilian modernists Oswald de Andrade and Tarsila do Amaral, proposing acts of ingestion and digestion as metaphors for cultural synthesis, critique, and embodiment. Participants are invited to prepare, cook, and consume elements of a meal as a visceral and symbolic engagement with the subject matter.

The Living Table has been a space for sharing in Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.

All graphic design, illustrations, and publications for this project have been designed by Killian Dunne and co-edited by Désirée Coral and Killian Dunne.

To learn more about the various iterations, please navigate to the tab labelled with the name of the event.