Intrecci is an exhibition project born from the collaboration between Fondazione Cologni and Eligo Studio, dedicated to celebrating weaving as one of the oldest and most widespread human crafts—an ancestral gesture shared across cultures and continents.
Hosted at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum—a house-museum with a remarkable late 19th-century collecting history—the exhibition was presented during the Giornate dei Mestieri d’Arte, with the support of Vacheron Constantin.
At the heart of the project are eight Totems, conceived as symbolic characters that embody the narrative identity of different Italian regions. These sculptural forms highlight the basket as a powerful metaphor—an object both humble and universal, capable of containing memory, knowledge, and meaning.
Each basket tells the story of a territory, its resources, and the communities that have inhabited it, passing down ancient crafts that have shaped its identity. Made from natural fibers sourced from the local environment, baskets embody a deep and enduring connection between humans and nature, between gesture and landscape.
Through a dialogue between material, form, and tradition, Intrecci invites visitors to move beyond stereotypes and to view the past not as a static archive, but as a living source of inspiration, resilience, and contemporary creativity.
