Digital Collage & Mixed Media Portraiture • ilorin Nigeria • 3 weeks
Pre-production
1 week
Production
1 week
Post-production
1 week
Published
Launch on final Friday
This project will produce 8-10 striking digital collage portraits that visually reinterpret Ilorin's identity through layered imagery. Each portrait will feature local residents as subjects, with their faces and forms composed from fragments of Ilorin's architectural landmarks (like the Emir's Palace, Central Mosque, and Oja-Oba market), traditional Adire patterns, and contemporary urban elements. The concept explores how cultural memory is preserved and transformed in a rapidly developing city, using the visual metaphor of collage to show how identity is constructed from multiple layers of history and experience. What makes this project unique is its hyper-local specificity combined with global digital art trends. We'll incorporate photogrammetry scans of actual Ilorin locations, traditional textile patterns digitized from local artisans, and contemporary street photography to create portraits that are both deeply rooted in place and technically innovative. The final pieces will exist as both digital artworks suitable for online exhibition and as limited edition prints that could be displayed in local cultural spaces like the Kwara State Museum or Ilorin Innovation Hub.
This project will produce 8-10 striking digital collage portraits that visually reinterpret Ilorin's identity through layered imagery. Each portrait will feature local residents as subjects, with their faces and forms composed from fragments of Ilorin's architectural landmarks (like the Emir's Palace, Central Mosque, and Oja-Oba market), traditional Adire patterns, and contemporary urban elements. The concept explores how cultural memory is preserved and transformed in a rapidly developing city, using the visual metaphor of collage to show how identity is constructed from multiple layers of history and experience. What makes this project unique is its hyper-local specificity combined with global digital art trends. We'll incorporate photogrammetry scans of actual Ilorin locations, traditional textile patterns digitized from local artisans, and contemporary street photography to create portraits that are both deeply rooted in place and technically innovative. The final pieces will exist as both digital artworks suitable for online exhibition and as limited edition prints that could be displayed in local cultural spaces like the Kwara State Museum or Ilorin Innovation Hub.
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