Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo by Ciara Chapman

Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo by Ciara Chapman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award in Girafiki, Mifananidzo neKutaurirana kweMeso Competition Category.

SimbiGirafiki· 2024

Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo

by Ciara Chapman

Client: Ciara Chapman Illustration

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award Winner in Girafiki Category

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The Design

About Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo

Chinamato chikuru chemahwindo ichi chinoratidza panobatana chokwadi nefungidziro kuti chigadzire mufananidzo wehupenyu hwemunhu mushure mekurapwa. Mufananidzo uyu unonamira pagirazi mukati mechivako ichi chinoshamisa, uye unosvika pakukwirira kuri pamusoro pemakumi gumi ezviuru zvemamirimita. Basa iri remufananidzo rakagadzirwa vachifunga nezvekuti vanhu vese vanokwanisa kurisvika. Basa remufananidzo rakaiswa munzvimbo yehwindo nekuti nzvimbo dzemahwindo dzinogona kuonekwa dziri kunze kwechivako. Nekuda kweizvozvo, nhengo dzevanhu veruzhinji vanotarisa mufananidzo uyu vanogona kugara mumota dzavo kuti vaone mufananidzo kana kusagona kwemuviri kwavo kuchivakatyomara kudaro.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo, rukudzo runokudzwa runopiwa kumadhizaini akanaka anozadzisa zvinodiwa zvehunyanzvi neyeindasitiri zvinotarisirwa kuzvigadzirwa zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Vakunda veSimbi vanoratidza unyanzvi hukuru, hunyanzvi hwakakwirira, kunzwisisa kwevakachenjera uye kugona kwekugadzira kwevagadziri vavo. Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinokudzwa zvakanyanya, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chinoshanda uye chine zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa eindasitiri uye ine hunhu hwetekinoroji hwakakwana hwakabatana neruzivo nehunyanzvi. Nekushanda kwayo zvakanaka, Imagination and Reality Mufananidzo inoremekedzwa uye yakagadzirirwa kupa kuvandudzwa kwehupenyu kunobatsira kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This large window decal illustrates where reality and imagination merge to create an impression of an individual's life after a medical intervention. The illustration adheres to the glass on the inside of this impressive building, measuring over 10,000mm in height.
Dimensions & Packaging: 10205mm high x 6290mm wide
Tags: art, street art, installation, illustration, medical, imagination
Production Technology: This project was created as a digital illustration and sent to a printing agency for print and installation. The windows of this wonderful Cork Opera House building were measured and each section of the image was printed to the specification of the building. The medium is vinyl and each section was installed on the same day.
Design Challenge: The greatest challenge was the scale of the image. This artwork was the first large scale illustration by this artwork. Cork city is host to incredible street art and this piece of artwork had to stand up to the artwork that already exists in the city while also being respectful of the host building. The largest challenge was to ensure the artwork didn't look like an event or performance that was happening at Cork Opera House so as not to confuse their patrons.
Research: The primary research tools was a personal accounts of life with a chronic medical condition as experienced by the artist.
Inspiration: This illustration was created with the idea of how reality and imagination merge and muddle in our lives after a medical intervention or event.
Project Duration: This project was installed at Cork Opera House, Cork city, Ireland and ran from September to November 2022.
Operation Flow: This artwork was created with accessibility in mind. The artwork is installed in a window space because window spaces are accessible to view from outside the building. Therefore, members of the public who view the image can stay in their car to view the image should their physical limitations require them to do so. Day or night this image can be viewed by the public.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Shane J Horan / Illustrator, Creator Ciara Chapman / Printer, Installer Cork Signs
Image #2: Photographer Aoife Claffey / Illustrator Ciara Chapman / Printer, Installer Cork Signs