Seat 01
USA
Innovation / Risk
Craig Ellenwood — Founder
The One Table Grant · 2026—2126
One Table
A 100-year grant for ten artists. One brief. One future.
The Continuous You Foundation preserves one outstanding artist from each of ten countries — their voice, values, and creative vision — and connects them across a century.
01 · The premise
What Is This?
The Continuous You Foundation offers one permanent, fully funded preservation to one outstanding artist in each of ten countries. Not a residency. Not an award. A continuation.
Using cryptographically verified memory, provenance-anchored identity, and an ethical successor protocol, we preserve who you are — your voice, your aesthetic, your values, your contradictions — so that when the world needs you in 2126, you are still there.
The ten artists will be connected to each other now, during their lifetimes. They are encouraged to form friendships, share work, and collaborate. All of it becomes part of the training data. All of it travels forward.
In 2126, they will receive a single creative brief: One Table.
02 · The ten seats
Ten Countries
Ten traditions. Ten value pairs. One artist from each place preserved as a living creative lineage.
Seat 02
Brazil
Joy / Rhythm
Seat 03
Japan
Precision / Impermanence
Seat 04
Nigeria
Community / Storytelling
Seat 05
Germany
Structure / Transformation
Seat 06
India
Spirituality / Diversity
Seat 07
Mexico
Memory / Celebration
Seat 08
South Korea
Technology / Tradition
Seat 09
Egypt
History / Continuity
Seat 10
Iceland
Solitude / Nature
Nine seats remain. One is filled.
03 · Open call
Apply
We are accepting applications from artists who want this. You must want this — the process requires commitment, honesty, and time. One seat per country. We are looking for the most important artist working in your country's tradition who is also willing to look 100 years forward.