Ooze
Ooze is an international practice engaged in art, architecture and urbanism. One of Ooze's main tenets is that space is not unequivocal. The occupants and users of any given space bring their own stories to bear upon it. They draw upon these narratives - their backgrounds and perspectives - to continually recreate the environment in which they find themselves. It is Ooze's intention to present sites in an unequivocal manner so that they derive their forms from the subjective meanings supplied by their occupants and users.
Ooze has designed several exhibitions for the contemporary arts space TENT. in Rotterdam. As a participant in the Prix de Rome for Architecture, Ooze devised a plan for the redevelopment of IJmuiden's harbour area based on the haphazard nature of the city's growth over the years. For Amsterdam West the practice developed a strategy to highlight informal economic activities and to give them a chance. Ooze mapped the companies and attempted to identify a hidden economic network. Local small businesses are given the chance to participate in a programme of activities. The strategy thus has an aim but no fixed outcome.