The first, monumental version, was the fruit of six months of work, and is made of oak and beech wood. Devised for the performance La folie de Charles, sa table e ses hôtes (The fantasy of Charles, his table and his guests), the table supported a dinner that was meant to evoke a surrealist dream. Each guest wore the surrealist garb of his or her choice — from a bald soprano and a man-in-the-moon with a balloon halo, to a Gay Pride pope, a bird-woman, and a man wearing Magritte's bowler hat — and was invited to an extravagant meal. In order to reach the table, in which numerous birds flew from branch to branch, guests traversed a white veil. The menu was divided between "terrestrial" and "spiritual foods", and the meal was periodically interrupted by performances, from opera arias to spirituals.
