‘A Robot for a Friend’ is the latest project from the Accademia dei Bambini at Fondazione Prada, part of ‘Burattini, marionette… robot e bambini veri’ (‘Puppets, marionettes… robots and real children’), a string of educational workshops, film showings and events on the topic of empathy (#Pradasphere 14). The new series of workshops is coordinated by artist Massimo Sirelli, the creator of the website adottaunrobot.com, which allows children to create their ideal robot. Participants will be encouraged to build their own robot by seeing simple materials and everyday objects in a new light and tackling them with a fresh approach. The aim is to stimulate creativity and teach children to use their imagination to explore and discover the multiple possible uses of the various objects.
At the end of the project, the Accademia dei Bambini will be taken over by a veritable army of brightly coloured robots!
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