KIT 4 KID

The “Digital Greenhouse” installation is a unique artistic statement created by Italian digital artists Matteo Mandelli and Luca Baldocchi in collaboration with KIT 4 KID, an application for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the greenhouse, digital flowers “grow” in pots with real soil as the result of the artists’ processing of real drawings by people with ASD (students of the Anton Is Right Here charity foundation). The concept of the installation is similar to how people with ASD see and feel the world: they focus their attention inward and not outward to society (‘autism’ from the Greek auto or ‘self’). Part of the proceeds from the sale of each art object of the installation will be donated to Anton Is Right Here to create the first Resource Center for Autism in St. Petersburg, which will be able to provide assistance to 10,000 families annually.