RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #2: Collective Collective

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach. Sub-rent means the space can be usedindependently by artists or local communities, creating open-ended forms of participation. Sub-rent allows others to use the space freely, while respecting house rules and collaboration agreements. Through this, we want to explore: RADMIN, gathering, and translocal methods. How social and community projects can grow in Tokyo. How trust and collaboration can help create space. Making use of spaces that are often overlooked.   The first participant in the sub-rent program is Slekke Wørld. On Sunday November 2nd at Ebihara Shoten, Slekke Wørld presents an audiovisual installation which is part of their ongoing project Water Based. Since 2022, they are researching the significance and role of ephemeral graffiti in different urban locations around the world. Water Based is a process-oriented experimental project synthesizing field recording, site-specific interventions, participatory post-graffiti and video.   Artist Slekke Wørld Slekke Wørld was born in Belgium and lives in Oslo, Norway. Their work includes art, curation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. They synthesize tools and rituals from gardening and graffiti through a variety of media such as performance, installation, and site-specific interventions. Carving out space to make tangible things which transcend societal labels and constraints, connecting with processes of deep change and transitions in life. They investigate self-organized dissemination via small-press and video and alternative exhibiting approaches such as off-site and online. Slekke is a member of the Tenthaus collective since 2019, and a member of the GRAA collective since 2022. Since 2018 they annually perform a participatory spring ritual with Bart Van Dijck. https://slekke.com/

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach. The week’s the sub-rent program is the workshop by Helen Eriksen. This workshop brings together two groups of participants—arts faculty students and students of Japanese language—across three convivial sessions shaped by dialogue and exchange. At its core lies a guiding question: How does a collective identity align with the needs and wishes of individual identity? In this workshop, participants explore national and individual identities through collage and assemblage. By bringing their own skills, methods, and cultural knowledge, participants contribute to creating a shared, collaborative space. By combining perspectives from artistic practice with those rooted in Japanese language and culture, the project opens space for dynamic and unexpected visual dialogues around belonging, national narratives, and the shaping of personal experience. Schedule(tentative) 11:00-13:00　Introduction 14:00-17:00   Collage and Assemblage   Artist Helen Eriksen Artist and educator living and working in Oslo. She was born in and raised in the UK. She is a co-founder of Tenthaus art collective and currently an associate professor in arts and crafts at Oslo Metropolitan University. She works in the intersection of art, pedagogy, and research to explore the potential of that space and to investigate transdisciplinary modes of knowledge production.

A workshop and project with the artists Ebba Moi and Anna Carin Hedberg. It blends poetry, nature, and community, by talking and looking at migratory birds flying between Asia and Scandinavia. At Ebihara Shōten, the artists lead a participatory workshop where people create clay birds while conversing about their own lives and situations. Exploring themes such as migration and community, the traces left from the workshop — clay birds and prints — will remain in the space as “landed birds.” The hands-on process fosters creativity, reflection, and learning while connecting to both local nature and global themes.     Artists Anna Carin Hedberg (1966) and Ebba Moi (1971) are based in Oslo, Norway. They both trained at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (1995-1999), and have been collaborating since 2003. In their works, they explore the concept of changes and investigate structures that address processes of change in society. Ebba Moi is also a member at Tenthaus art collective working mainly within socially engaged art as an artist and curator in various self-initiated projects and collaborations. Anna Carin Hedberg also works with practice-based art mediation and research at the Norwegian National Museum in Oslo. https://hedbergmoi.net/  

Members of the Norway-based Tenthaus Art Collective, Shahrzad Malekian and Ida Uvaas, will present their new performance Kizuna in October 2025. Kizuna is a site-responsive work developed in and around Kanda’s Ebihara Shoten. Shaped through movement and embodied research, it leaves traces in the form of shared rhythms, presence, attentiveness, and moving images. The performance is part of Malekian and Uvaas’ long-term collaboration STIM—a living, context-specific choreographic organism. STIM unfolds through a flexible score that shifts with each location, taking on a new title in response to its surroundings. Rooted in an inquiry into time, memory, belonging, and spatial narratives, the work treats public space as a layered and contested terrain, where movement becomes a mode of listening, tracing, and reimagining. Previously presented in Norway, Singapore, and other sites, STIM adapts to each context with sensitivity to its history and social fabric. In Tokyo, the project takes form as Kizuna, engaging with Ebihara Shoten as both a structure of memory and a site shaped by visible and invisible systems of care and control.   Notes Event held rain or shine (mostly indoors). Bring an umbrella for site transfers.   Performers Tsunoda Lisa, Sakai Minori, Satoko Hikasa, Keiko Tokuyasu, Yuko Tokuyasu, Yamada Hibiki, Takanari Mahoko   Direction Shahrzad Malekian An interdisciplinary artist working across performance, video, and sculpture, they use play to explore power, resistance, and care within public spaces and institutions. Recent exhibitions include SACO Biennial (2025) and Singapore Art Museum (2024). @shahrzad.malekian   Ida Uvaas A movement artist exploring mobility across body, mind, and society. Through interdisciplinary, participatory works, she challenges structures and invites collective experiences across performance, visual art, and site-specific practices. @idauvaas  

Inspired by Ebihara Shoten’s past, the project houses the concept of TRANSLOCAL. Taking place in and around Ebihara Shoten, the members of the TENTHAUS collective and their network, together with the local community, will create a space of interference with individuality and transform current challenges.   The project consists of RRR OFFICE, stands for Research, Record, and Report, a temporary, usable office-like structure; STIM – Kizuna, a site-responsive performance shaped through walking, movement, and embodied research (performers also invited to participate); and activations in the form of workshops and discursive programming.   These elements will stitch together the knowledge and experiences of the collective and the local community. Our aim is to act as an agent for transforming the future while honouring the past traditions of the neighborhood.   Supported by: Norwegian Embassy, OCA, Globus Forward Cooperation: Ebihara Shoten     RRR OFFICE A provisional office-like space for Research, Record, and Report will appear at Ebihara Shoten. It focuses on the often overlooked parts of artistic work such as administration, hosting, and process, treating them as essential cultural acts. As the projectʼs reflective core, it observes and records what happens on site, inviting visitors to join conversations, respond to questions, and contribute their own documentation or notes. These materials form a growing archive, making documentation an active part of the creative process. Additionally, The Oven Network will hold the Sub-rent Program, hosting artists and collectives from countries such as Canada, Indonesia, Norway, and Thailand. During their stay, they will interact with visitors and the local community, hold workshops, and energize Ebihara Shoten as a creative hub.   Office Opening: See “Date” section on this page   Sub-rent Program Oct 30 (Thu) – Nov 6 (Thu) Slekke Wørld (Tenthaus Art Collective, Norway) Nov 6(Thu) – 9 (Sun) Collective Collective (Art Collective, Canada) Nov 13 (Thu) – Nov 16 (Sun) Helen Eriksen (Tenthaus Art Collective, Norway),  Lily Onga (Artist, Thailand) Nov 20 (Thu) – Nov 24 (Mon) Group Exhibition “Knot | Kawaii Witches”（Artist：Bian Ka／Hyejeong Yun／Johanna Riedl、Curator：Li Jingwen (SEIBUN)） Nov 27 (Thu) – Nov 30 (Sun) Eva Moi & Anna Karin Hedberg (Tenthaus Art Collective, Norway) Dec 4 (Thu) – Dec 7 (Sun) Grafits Huru Hara (Art Collective, Indonesia) Dec 11 (Thu) – Dec 14 (Sun) Studio 150 (Art Studio, Thailand) Dec 13 (Sat) Ravn (Mike TV) (Norway) Dec 14 (Sun) Kurt Johannessen and The Stitch Sisters (Norway)   STIM – Kizuna Shafarzad Malekian and Ida Uvers will present a new performance work, “Kizuna.” Developed as a site-responsive performance in and around Ebihara Shoten in Kanda, the piece is shaped through research via bodily movement. It explores shared rhythms, presence, attentiveness, and leaves traces of the performance through video documentation. Details & Booking   Various Activations Workshops, discussion programs, and more. See “Related Event” below.