AT NIGHT
PERSONAL PROJECT
AWARD
11th Hiiibrand Illustration Contest
It is with great pride that I announce that I am among the winners of the 11th Hiiibrand Illustration Contest, in the category of unpublished children’s book projects. I participated with my personal project, At Night, which has been taking shape since last year.
The opening ceremony of the exhibition will take place on December 14th 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Sky Culture and Art Center in Hangzhou, China.
BEHIND THE SCENE
I have wanted to tell the story of what happens at night for a long time.
The Night is another world, a world that has been told a thousand times in so many different ways. During sleep, for those who sleep, it’s like letting go and going beyond, even if only for a few hours. And for those who cannot sleep, it is still a ‘strange place’ where time does not exist as we know it…
My project tells this story.
MY IDEA
I greatly enjoyed creating the two illustrations for Maize Magazine, which were inspired by the thoughts of Professor Lorenzo Magnani. The project is still a work in progress, but the storytelling is complete. The contest recognizes it in the children’s book category.
So, I revisited the character and developed it further, thinking that, due to its nature, the Night somehow belonged to it. I focused on studying its movement, making it my own, and imagining its story. It doesn’t have a name yet, but I know where it lives. The building I depict next to the Moon in the upcoming illustrations is the one I live in—a place very dear to me.
The illustrations are digital.
I deeply love stories that come from within, because true changes happen only in depth. All my work increasingly aims to tell those changes in an engaging and at the same time foundational way, so that we can rewrite our “inner mythologies.”
Every one of my projects undergoes a long gestation, in contrast to our world, which craves easy, consumable products. I hope that what I create is not easily “consumable” but can be enjoyed multiple times and reveals something new each time it is seen.
Thank you to the jury, thank you Hiiibrand team.
The project is seeking a publisher or another opportunity.
