Bottega Veneta举办“Correspondences”特别演出
In the spirit of its long-standing commitment to cultural advocacy, Bottega Veneta hosts this special addition to the world tour of Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith.
The House’s new headquarters at Palazzo San Fedele, Milan, serves as a stage for CORRESPONDENCES, an ever-evolving project that combines Soundwalk Collective's field recordings from remote and resonant spaces around the globe with Patti Smith’s poetic reflections. Merging image, sound, reading, and film, the project represents a uniquely evocative body of work that is exemplary of the innovative and collaborative craft Bottega Veneta celebrates.
For this intimate edition of CORRESPONDENCES, Patti Smith debuts a special tribute to visionary Italian designer, Carlo Mollino, and his last interior project, Casa Mollino in Turin. Designed between 1960 and 1968, Casa Mollino is a deeply personal, expressive space that embodies the Bottega Veneta spirit of When your own initials are enough.
Kept secret – even from Mollino’s close friends – the apartment was not intended as Mollino’s home but represents for many the ultimate realization of his taste, interests, and ideas. The apartment’s rich array of references and symbolism includes the butterfly, a motif that also has a place in Bottega Veneta’s design history.
The mise en scène of CORRESPONDENCES brings together these different aesthetic and symbolic associations, including the original bed from Casa Mollino, and butterflies crafted by Bottega Veneta artisans.
PERFORMANCE CREDITS
1. Soundwalk Collection and Patti Smith, Medea, 2024. Video by Stephan Crasneanski, Medea (2024). Featuring re-edited footage from Pasolini’s I Tagli Di Medea, starring Maria Callas, courtesy of Cinemazero.
2. Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith, Pasolini, 2024. Video by Stephan Crasneanski, Pasolini (2024). Featuring re-edited footage from Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini, about the final days of Pier Paolo Pasolini, played by Willem Dafoe. Courtesy of Abel Ferrara.
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Patti Smith, Carlo Mollino, 2025. Poetry by Patti Smith, as personal interpretation dedicated to Italian architect, designer, and photographer Carlo Mollino, and Casa Mollino’s butterfly room.
ABOUT PALAZZO SAN FEDELE
Situated in the heart of Milan, this heritage-listed building is a notable locus of art, architecture, and culture. From the late 19th to early 20th century, the building was a renowned Milanese theatre, providing a stage to celebrated performers and playwrights.
As Bottega Veneta’s headquarters, Palazzo San Fedele will reconnect with this vibrant cultural history. As well as providing offices, meeting spaces, and a showroom, the building is intended to be a cultural hub for internal and external audiences, with its large central atrium providing a versatile space.
ABOUT CORRESPONDENCES
An ongoing collaboration between Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith, CORRESPONDENCES has spanned over a decade, traversing diverse geographies, histories, and natural environments.
Based between Berlin and New York, Soundwalk Collective (founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki, joined by Simone Merli in 2009) has worked with numerous artists, including Nan Goldin, Jean-Luc Godard, Philip Glass, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Willem Dafoe.
Over the years, Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith have been drawing inspiration from significant sites and landscapes around
the globe while building a body of work that has resulted in international performances and exhibitions.
ABOUT CARLO MOLLINO
Carlo Mollino (1905-73) was an Italian architect, designer, and photographer based in Turin. One of the first architects to merge Surrealism with Modern movement, he went on to develop an eclectic approach that integrated organic forms, occult references, and ancient mythology.
Between 1960 and 1968, Mollino embarked on his last and longest interior design project on the first floor of the 19th-century Villa Avondo, overlooking the River Po in the centre of Turin. Today, Casa Mollino still houses almost all the original furnishings designed or chosen by Mollino, along with an extensive archive of documents, publications, and photographs.
Since it opened to the public, the apartment has been a source of inspiration to creatives around the world, including Patti Smith.
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