TABLE TALK is a lecture series that proposes an expansive rethinking of conviviality as an act of collective knowledge sharing, cooperation, care, and imagination. Each event opens pathways for discussion on the role food plays in ecological stewardship, cultural identity, the social reproduction of space, the recovery of lost histories, radical care, and activism. By bringing together diverse voices and practices around one table, the series reveals the ways in which convivial rituals alongside food as a design tool can shape spaces of belonging, identity, and resistance.
Across three evenings in October 2025, we will welcome international practitioners from different fields. Each session will feature two speakers, exploring topics from food’s role in radical social movements and as a tool for collective action, to the hidden networks and practices that sustain our contemporary food cultures. The series aims to surface underrepresented realities and provoke new questions about food’s past, present, and future as a driver for change.
The content and conversations from each lecture will be captured on a giant, collaboratively designed tablecloth, a scene-setting device and living archive. Each event will center guest voices using experimental recipes as critical tools for dialogue. Hosted in the Street at CSM, the series invites audiences to reimagine the lecture format, with food and conversation leaving a tangible mark on the evolving tablecloth, embodying the spirit of conviviality at the heart of TABLE TALK.
Speakers:
13/10: Barney Pau + Lemonot
20/10: Arabeschi di Latte + R-Urban Poplar
27/10: Bohn&Viljoen + Social Design CIC
