Augmented Printed Media
BAB ZUWEILA
The way a captivating cultural story is presented through interactive media elevates it. You may turn a static print into an interactive animated medium that offers a dynamic visual journey that captures the core of your digital interactive narrative with the aid of immersive technologies like augmented reality (AR).
Bob zuweila is one of the 3 surviving gates of Cairo, built in 1092. To me baby zuweila has a very interesting story and background behind it. How it went from being a lighthearted spot to being described as "unlucky".
I created this poster using mixed media of illustration and cutouts. The cutouts behind Bab zuweila, represents how it survived different eras, with different beliefs from people about it.
When you scan the Aero barcode, a 3d model of Bab zuweila appears and a voice over of it's history starts playing
Voice Over:
The citadel witnessed so many different rulers since Salaheldin ordered it to be built, the gates of the citadel were used through the years in so many ways. Bab Zuweila is one of the three remaining gates; it’s considered one of the major landmarks of the city, it’s very similar in the design to the other gates, but perhaps has a somewhat richer tradition. Bab Zuweila during the early mamuluk period, the sultans used to watch the start of the mahmal procession from the platform extending between the two towers, the platform was also used by the ceremonial drummers who played there every evening and who signaled the arrival into the city of amirs who commanded 40 or more mamluks. Having some sort of ceremonial orchestra at the city gates was an old oriental tradition. The gate was also the venue of dancers and snake charmers. However, Bab Zuweila wasn’t always such a lighthearted spot, by the early 15thcentury during the ottoman period; it was described as unlucky. It was the site of the execution, like Sultan Salim, he hung the last of mamluk sultans Tumanbey. When the mongols sent emissaries to Cairo demanding it’s surrender, they were sliced up and their heads were hung on the gate. And finally, during the early 20th century, the gate was hung with rotting teeth, filthy rags and tokens of sickness and diseases, because it was believed if one had a headache, it would go away if one drove a nail into it. Bab zuweila has a rich history and it shows how over the years the purpose of the gate changed.
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