OVEN
CONTACT mechu@tenthaus.no
contactstudio150@gmail.com
OVEN is a transnational network for artistic exchange.
Rooted in collaboration, OVEN brings together collectives across Southeast Asia and the Nordics to foster shared learning, co-thinking, and long-term engagement. We view art and design not as outcomes but as tools for observation, friction, and transformation.
It takes shape through art projects, exhibitions, research, residencies, workshops, publications, gatherings, and moments of exchange, adapting to the context around it. We welcome those with a shared curiosity to think collectively, hold space for difference, and explore new ways of moving forward. The OVEN : URGENCY Project
Seoul—South Korea2024
The OVEN : URGENCY Project was the first collaborative exhibition by the OVEN network. Initiated by Tenthaus, Studio150, Gudskul, and 413Space, the project unfolded through exhibitions, workshops, and residencies in Seoul and Singapore.
The project explored urgency as both a global and local condition. Curator Yunik Kim framed it as a reflection on the fragmentation of subjectivity and diversity in contemporary life. Rather than presenting urgency as crisis alone, the project traced it through materials, objects, and grounded relationships. It sought moments of solidarity across cities, species, and soil.
Each collective responded to the theme from their own context. The project asked how urgency could be held, shared, and questioned through artistic processes. Through this collaboration, OVEN explored ways of working together across distance by listening, adjusting, and building over time.