POSTER COMPETITION WINNER FOR 2021 FAK’UGESI FESTIVAL – #BUILDCOZYOUHAVETO
The following is my artwork I had done as an entry to the festival competition.
This was their first ever digital and physical(Phygital) ferstival after 2020.
My response to the 2021 theme is an epic, detailed digital tapestry that depicts Johannesburg as a futuristic, problem-solving smart metropolis. “I started imagining how South Africa, especially Johannesburg, it’s changing a lot. And ever since COVID started a lot of things have changed. So, before we never used to think that we would depend on how we do things digitally; we never used to think we’d get to that stage, especially this fast, you know. We are here now, so that pushed the idea. So I started imagining, you know, a city which is sort of like, taken from the concept of like a metropolis.
That idea just started something in me thinking about Johannesburg being a smart city, where everything is run digitally. Where we would actually have the systems of artificial intelligence, you know, and us coming up with our own ways of how we can solve our problems digitally in the city. So the city being a smart city was initially the idea for that. And also that, you know, a lot of things are changing. So there’s a lot of involvement in inclusivity and equality. And you know everybody is getting involved in it and we do have the skills to do that. So I think this is the time that we actually get to moving on that. As a country, as a city.
Later in the process I had a chance to work with the great Qew Doodles on the final
roll-out of the poster.
My Competitions entry artwork with the theme "Build Co You Have To" Concept
This was the final design after working with Qew Doodle who
was the lead creative for the festival's brand look and feel.
