Crespi D'Adda

The life and history of those who lived and worked until the last century in the houses and factories of the UNESCO working-class village

ETT carried out the restyling of two rooms dedicated to experiencing the new museum itinerary of what was historically the Crespi d’Adda Worker’s Village school building, home to one of Lombardy’s most important textile mills in the second half of the 19th century.

Completely nullified by the absence of color and light, three large screens allow the projection, in the first room, of five full-scale historical figures. In the darkened room, through spot lights, the five representative objects for each of these characters are illuminated. Simultaneously, by lifting one of the objects, through a capacitive sensor system, the lights are turned off and an actor comes to life within the projection, talking about that very object held in his or her hand. Each one tells about his or her life through words, emotions and by brushing the everyday crespese. In the second room, through infographic storytelling, a different mode of communication was explored to tell the stories and themes related to the history of Crespi d’Adda, creating parallels with other working-class contexts of the time through video projections made with stock images activated through a capacitive sensor system.