neo-o-old: Where We Meet

Events Guide neo-o-old: Where We Meet neo-o-old and other 6 exhibitors neo-o-old.com [email protected] neooold: Where We Meet An exhibition emerging from a silk residency From April 21 to 26, 2026, neo-o-old, a cultural platform initiated by designer CHEN Min, will debut at Milan Design Week. Presented in collaboration with CATHAYA, a silk manufacturer with more than 70 years of history, the exhibition grows out of neo-o-old’s residency program. Through this program, international artists are invited to work in China, engaging with silk and its related crafts in collaboration with artisans and local workshops. These exchanges ultimately take form in the exhibition. Bringing together works developed through neo-o-old’s residency projects, the exhibition features Aldo Bakker, CHEN Min, Francesca Torzo, Masataka Hosoo, Raw Color, and Tim Enthoven. Beginning with silk, it extends into embroidery, dyeing, stone, bamboo, and object-making, tracing how material shapes the works, the space, and the act of viewing. neo-o-old: Where We Meet neo-o-old is not a singular statement, but an ongoing process. It understands time as a necessary condition for creation, and encounter as the basis on which a work takes shape. Rooted in China, neo-o-old connects international artists with Chinese artisans through its residency program, allowing works to take shape gradually through actual workshops, material experiments, and repeated practice. Here, “meeting” extends beyond exchange between people; it also takes place between past and present, silk and embroidery, image and object, and craft knowledge and contemporary perception. Where Minimal Space Meets Hospitality Designed by Dutch artist Aldo Bakker, the exhibition space continues his restrained and precise spatial language, keeping the works as the focal point throughout. Rather