Liu Bang-yao, a graduate student from the Department of New Media Art who made fame and won various accolades last year for his Youtube posting “DEADLINE post-it,” has used the re-adherable note strips to make another video – this time a short travelogue introducing 11 cities.
The creator of last year’s hugely popular Youtube video said it took him four months to plan for his latest piece, “Sticking close to you,” which lasts two minutes and 20 seconds.
This time, Post-it note strips were used to form human shapes in the interactive animation work, but the shooting took place in 11 cities in 10 countries in Europe, America and Asia.
Liu said that the major difference between the latest and the last projects was that he did not have to be as frugal this time as the last.
“DEADLINE post-it” was made using 6,000 stickers under a tight budget, Liu revealed. But he had sponsorships for the materials used in “Sticking close to you” allowing him to be more “spendthrift.”
The young TNUA artist also thanked the support he received from the netizens and overseas Taiwanese students during his 40-day filming abroad. He said it was a surprise that “DEADLINE post-it” turned out to be such a sensation.
He explained that the note strips were a “necessity” for him. He would write down all the new words he needed to learn while studying in the United States. The strips almost filled the entire wall, which inspired his video.
“DEADLINE post-it” was a finalist in the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin, and won the Student Award of the 2009 Nickelodeon Animation Festival, among other accolades.
Liu was also invited by the sportswear brand Converse to be an artist-in-residence in Shanghai for a three-week stay, during which he created “Plastic City,” a work of installation art using plastic items of various sizes.
Liu, who looks for ideas from everyday life, revealed that he has already conceived a new project about the Republic of China’s centenary in 2011.