As part of the inaugural edition of CONTRIBUTIONS, an independent design festival during Paris’ art and design week, May curated Antimatière — an exhibition that brought together a focused body of new work by Studio HAOS with selected pieces by Omer Arbel, Rich Aybar, and Katerina Jebb.

Studio HAOS introduced eight new works built exclusively from 40x40 aluminum tubes and zinc sheets, carving a clear departure from both mechanized mass production and ornate craft. The resulting objects explored structural honesty and formal restraint as aesthetic statements.

Alongside, Omer Arbel presented 71, a hanging sculpture created through a repetitive electrochemical process using machine bolts, copper wire, and metallic baths. Rich Aybar contributed a series of abstract sculptural forms in amber tones that referenced sexuality and physicality, while Katerina Jebb’s digital-scanned photographic works depicted culturally charged objects in haunting, hyperreal detail.

Curated as a meditation on process, form, and philosophical materialism, Antimatière positioned May’s curatorial voice within a broader conversation on the future of design.

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