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jellycity

JellyCity is one of the key realms within the auntieverse: a surreal, semi-flooded metropolis where aunties and jellies coexist among enigmatic shops, chaotic spas, and a landscape made of translucent, wobbly jelly forms.


Brought to life through animated films such as FOMO Jelly, 1 Star Review, 5 Minutes to Opening, and Not Vegan, JellyCity blends tenderness and social commentary, capturing the entrepreneurial and emotional logic of aunties navigating a world built from jelly.

The universe explores themes of care, community, over-consumption, and the absurd possibilities of everyday life. Loved for its strangeness, colour, and buoyant optimism, JellyCity has become one of the most recognisable destinations within the auntieverse.

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  • 1 Star Review

    ‘1 Star Review’ is narrated by an opinionated customer visiting a new jelly spa in Jelly City. From the moment she arrives, she critiques the entrance service and insists on trying everything on the spa menu.

  • FOMO Jelly

    "FOMO Jelly" is the introduction episode art of the Jelly series within the auntieverse.

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    Weekend Plans

    "Weekend Plans" is a sequel to FOMO Jelly, where aunties wear jelly suits as both practical attire and a fashion statement. This video explores the city spaces where jellies thrive.

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    5 minutes to opening

    "5 Mins to Opening" offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Jelly Mall, capturing the varied activities of aunties and jellies just five minutes before opening hours.

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    Not Vegan

    An auntie narrates: “Long, long time ago, before jellies were food, they were friends. And my goodness, they tasted good.” This work revisits old collage-style recipes for cooking jellies: strange, whimsical instructions that are now almost impossible to decipher.

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    Florist

    Valentine’s Day 2025, aunties secretly opened their super-exclusive pop-up store on the beach. Unfortunately, no customers arrived, because, of course, nobody knew about it! The pop-up is now closed, but the jelly bouquets are still available online.

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    Limited Edition Fragrance

    Auntie overfed Jelly with junk food, and instead of a catastrophe, transformed it into a business model. Jelly’s bad tummy gas was collected and bottled into a limited-edition fragrance, each presented in custom designed bottles.

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    Cute Capitalism

    A follow-up to Limited Edition Fragrance, where aunties first harvested Jelly gas to make perfumes. That fragrance was “limited” because it caused the jellies some pain.

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    It's Jelly Time, Baby

    It’s Jelly Time, Baby is a commissioned social media artwork for Swatch, set in the whimsical Timepiece District of JellyCity, where everything runs like clockwork and, at special moments, magic happens.

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    19:19

    Inspired by childhood memories of the flurry of activities in the kitchen, the sounds of women chatting, steam rising, and a myriad of smells blending as ingredients are prepared and cooked during the golden hours of each evening at home. This video imagines aunties busy in JellyCity, telephoning one another, stretching, but mostly cooking a variety of dishes.

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    Jellybay And Why You Don't See Giant Aunties On Land (2026)

    The animated narrative unfolds through landscapes inspired by niceaunties’ journey to Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. The extraordinary limestone formations rising from the sea became the foundation for a surreal reimagining: their silhouettes transformed into imaginary giant aunties balanced in various yoga poses. It is, after all, a destination associated with retreat and restoration.

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    Wish Upon A Starseed (2025)

    Merry Christmas From All Starseeds with incarnations on Jelly planets

An elderly woman standing behind a glass display with floating colorful jellyfish and other sea creatures, with the words 'Things to do this weekend' on the glass.
A woman shopping at a store with pink jellyfish and octopus decorations hanging from the ceiling and a large pink octopus-shaped toy display behind the counter.
An elderly woman with gray hair sitting inside a pink, toy-like UFO flying over a cityscape with tall buildings in the background, and colorful jellyfish-shaped balloons floating in the sky.
Floating toys resembling various sea creatures and objects, set in a canal surrounded by old buildings, with two women sitting on chairs and a person operating a camera.
A street vendor booth shaped like a yellow jellybean, with clear plastic walls, selling jelly-like snacks with elderly women working inside. Surrounding the booth are colorful jellyfish and other jelly-like inflatable figures hanging on buildings and
A woman standing inside a shop surrounded by colorful, smiling, jellyfish-shaped lamps that hang from the ceiling and sit on the floor, creating a whimsical atmosphere.

cats in Jellycity

jellyfish (2026)

hangs up (2025)

rubber cat (2026)

orange liquid (2026)

jelly shop 11

Jelly Shop 11 is set in JellyCity, a surreal district within the auntieverse, the parallel reality where aunties take centre stage as the protagonists of their own worlds. The shop is an enigmatic grocery filled with jellies of every imaginable shape and size, reflecting the curiosity that runs through the auntieverse.

A portion of the proceeds from this print will be donated to a women’s charity chosen by niceaunties.

Limited edition of 222
Dimensions: 400 × 400 mm
Paper: Hahnemuhle fine-art paper

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