50 Seats at the Table

Fifty people. Fifty conversations. One long act of welcome.

At the heart of The Table: 500 People in 50 Days sits an artistic experiment in radical hospitality. Over fifty days, artist Kendall Bryant will sit down with fifty people — neighbours, strangers, community members, passers-by — to ask a series of creative, thought-provoking questions about connection, belonging, and the art of welcome.

This is not a search for deep confessions or long stories. It’s a practice of presence — of showing up, asking with care, and listening without the need to fix or frame. The act of one person giving time and attention to fifty others becomes the artwork itself — a social sculpture made of small, sincere moments of recognition.

Every response becomes a plate in the final exhibition — not of food, but of stories. At The Final Feast, the community will be invited to “taste” these moments — to be served reflections from the people who gathered around The Table.

In the new year, these fragments and encounters will be gathered into a beautiful coffee table book — a keepsake of connection drawn from across The Table project.

Why “Fifty Seats”?
Because every conversation is a seat offered and accepted — a brief but meaningful meeting point in a world that often moves too fast to notice.

Would you like to take a seat?

If you’d like to be one of the fifty participants, please email:
artforpeoplessake@gmail.com with the subject line: “50 Seats at the Table.”
You’ll receive a short note with more information and a link to select an interview time.

Follow the Journey

• Conversations take place between 1 November and 20 December.

• A selection of responses will be shared on the blog and socials throughout the 50 days.

• The full body of work will be presented as part of The Table exhibition at The Final Feast.