JOYSTICK @ UFO

This early summer day, during dinner time, person A asked : "Any market for a sticker book?" Group B replied : "Yes, DEFINITELY!! Many sticker lovers in Hong Kong. Group C added : "Hundreds of our friends will buy it." The story goes on, they sent a proposal to a publication company, and the reply to them was : "YES, this can work!"

Crazy people make crazy decisions. So A, B and C start to work, calling illustrators to join in, collecting artworks and designing the book. The sticker book project ＜JoyStick 起貼＞ is finished in only 3 weeks. This is how the ＜JoyStick 起貼＞ was born.

16 local creative talents, unknown people they are. They only want to share their joy of using stickers. ＜JoyStick 起貼＞ could be the first sticker book in Hong Kong. It consists of different beliefs, from culture to propaganda, from political weapons to emotional catharsis, from utopia to sex bomb. Stick wherever you want to, stick whenever you want to, just stick it! Hopefully more people would consider stickers as a new form of Art.

Then the book has been released at the 2010 Hong Kong Book Fair, the sales record is still going strong. It can be found in most book stores by now. But is it the end of <JoyStick 起貼>?

A chance from heaven then, ufo Gallery gathers all 16 talents again to have a group exhibition, having each artist bring in one piece of art. ＜JoyStick 起貼＞ is not a book itself.

The other meaning of ＜JoyStick 起貼＞ is to share happiness together.

Come On Feel The Joy!