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
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.
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.
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.
