20/09/2026
Odisha Craft Odyssey’s second bilingual publication: Chandua: Canopies of Labour
A journey through the people, processes, and histories behind Chandua.
20/09/2026
The Institutional Bridge.
Institution Building between Art, Craft, and Anthropology.
20/09/2026
Art as Social Practice.
Artists as Ethnographers: Reimagining Local Knowledge Systems.
20/09/2026
OCO Symposium 2026.
Mapping Transitions: Art, Craft, and the Ethnographic Turn.
16/08/2026
Introducing the OCO Symposium.
A space for critical dialogue, diverse perspectives, and collective thinking around craft, knowledge, and practice.
Odisha Craft Odyssey (OCO) is a multi-year research, residency, fellowship, exhibition, and publication initiative documenting Odisha’s living craft traditions — through field research, oral histories, visual archives, and collaborations with artisan communities
Programmes
OCO is structured as a long-term interdisciplinary initiative combining research, field immersion, exhibitions, publications, and archival practices. Each annual cycle brings together researchers, artists, designers, curators, and artisan communities to study Odisha’s craft traditions through direct engagement, documentation, and collaborative knowledge-building.
A glance into last year - Kansa
An immersive journey into the living traditions of Kansa craft across Odisha. Through field research, documentation, artisan interactions, and material study, the Fellowship Programme 2024–25 explored the histories, processes, communities, and evolving realities surrounding one of Odisha’s most significant metal craft traditions.
