from
8 JULY
to
30 AUGUST
2025
Orto dei Semplici Elbano,
Rio nell’Elba (LI)
Eremo di Santa Caterina
The covers germinated thanks to young users of mental health services & kids on the autism spectrum. Thanks to the social cooperatives Altamarea & Arca – with the supervision of Lorenzo Scacchia & Francesco Marino (curator at Orto dei Semplici Elbano) – the kids who coauthored the covers took part in photographic trips to the garden.
Following individual meetings with Scacchia, each of them chose a photograph & coined the corresponding title. Elements he then harmonised into a graphic dress in order to create the exhibited covers.
The prints were displayed in direct contact with the soil, in the area dedicated to wild Elban plants. Plants at that time in aestivation, a form of adaptation to high temperatures.
Grant of prizes (publications, where not specified)
Jury
Monica Giannini
Celeste Nicoletti
Patrizia Lupi
Massimo Scelza
Monica Zanon
Thanks to Francesco Marino
& to the Jury
& to:
Antonio Basile ~ Silvia Boano ~ Luca Braglia ~ Sara Campidonico ~ Carlo Contesso ~ Enrico Coturri ~ Letizia Di Quirico ~ Nello Frosali ~ Giulia Guadagna ~ Giulia Guidi ~ Salvina Pizzuoli ~ Roberto Russo ~ Emiliano Santi ~ Federica Saracino ~ Iris Simari ~ Francesco Spinelli ~ Silvia Tozzi ~ Federica Trudu ~ Gaetano Viviani
& to:
Nadir Magazine
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