Iceland6
The island6 Arts Center ( Chinese 六 岛 艺术 中心 ) is a creative platform and exhibition space at the same time , operated by artists in Shanghai , People's Republic of China . It was launched in 2006 by the French curator and artist Thomas Charvériat .
Since April 2006 the Art Center has been represented in the M50 art district in Shanghai. The island6 Arts Center has been concentrating exclusively on the in-house art collective Liu Dao since 2010.
history
island6 & the Fou Foong flour mill
island6 opened at 120 Moganshan Road, Fou Foong Flour Mill. This mill was the largest and most modern mill in Asia in the 19th century , as it was the first with American machinery in China. After a real estate company bought the facility in 2002, most of the silos were demolished. Architects and university professors are campaigning for the remains of the historic industrial complex of Suzhou Creek, so that some buildings were eventually listed. In 2006 the warehouse was rented to Thomas Charvériat, Margherita Salmaso, Rose Tang and Kang Jingfang, the founders of island6. The first art exhibition organized by island6 called Invisible Layers, Electric Cities (curated by Allard van Hoorn & Margherita Salmaso) opened its doors that same year. From June 2006 to June 2008 Charvériat took over the management of the gallery. "In these two years, island6 has made an excellent name for itself as a prime example of Shanghai's transformation from old to new."
island6 had to give way to a real estate company in June 2008, which led to the move of the gallery to 50 Moganshan Street, where from now on they worked with the ifa gallery.
island6 & M50
The new showroom is located in the M50 art district . The M50 arts district is located on the southern bank of the Suzhou River. The Xinhe spinning mill was once built on the site. With the start of the cooperation between island6 and the ifa gallery, a series of joint exhibitions followed. In 2009 Thomas Charvériat took over the management of the exhibition space with the help of Zane Mellupe. In 2007 island6 founded the multimedia art group Liu Dao . Under this name, performance , sound , photography and video artists work together with technicians to create electronic art. In 2015 the gallery was listed as “Best Art Gallery” in City Weekend Reader's Choice Awards.
To date, island6 has exhibited the works of around 500 artists from 21 different countries in more than 70 exhibitions, sponsored 139 artist in residency programs and helped create around 2,000 art projects.
Liu Dao
The artist collective Liu Dao is the island6 Arts Center's most productive and abundant presence. In their works, the artists transform video recordings of simple movements into animated sequences. This creates seductive LED displays that oscillate in their own reality. Liu Dao's works encourage interaction, address the voyeur in the viewer, and address urban development , Chinese culture, history, tradition versus modernity and technology . Due to Liu Dao's successful concept, island6 has only been exhibiting the artist collective in the in-house gallery for several years.
Collaborations
Island6 has worked with several prominent brands. In 2010, the collaboration with Louis Vuitton resulted in participation in the Raining Stars exhibition in the Louis Vuitton Maison Gallery at One Central Macau.
In May 2010, the Red Gate Gallery , Beijing , invited Island6 to show Liu Dao's work at the 2010 Hong Kong Art Fair, which led to the Red Gate Gallery becoming the representative of Island6's in-house art collective Liu Dao for the White Rabbit Collection in Sydney 2010, as well as for the SH Contemporary Art Fair 2011. The partnership proved fruitful and led to further exhibitions such as Garden of Autumn Vapors 2010 and Everyday Frenzies 2011 in Beijing's Green T. House. In 2012 the Red Gate Gallery curated an exhibition for Island6's Liu Dao artist collective at Swire Hotels in Beijing. In June 2013 Island6 had a solo show at the Red Gate Gallery.
Notable exhibitions (2006-2013)
| year | title | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Invisible Layers, Electric Cities" | The very first island6 exhibition, “Invisible Layers, Electric Cities” was the creative result of the collaboration of 15 international artists, including Constantino Ciero (who later became part of the museum's permanent exhibition FLUXUS +), Thomas Charvériat and Lee Walton. The works reflected the subject of urban planning in the context of reality. |
| 2008 | "Clouds Of Crowds" | The last exhibition in the initial building of island6, the Fou Foong Flour Mill, explored the themes of time, space and the environment. With the help of island6 Lab, visual artists, sound designers and an excellent performance by the electro act Acid Pony Club, a series of interactive sculptures was presented that awakened the senses. |
| 2008 | "Urban Lust" | “Urban Lust” was the first exhibition in island6's new home at Moganshan Lu 50. Together with the Ifa gallery, island6 showed twenty-three artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. The exhibition examined the topic of desire , provided definitions and showed points of contact in the everyday life of the urban population in Shanghai. |
| 2009 | "The Artist Died Yesterday" | “The Artist Died Yesterday” was a group exhibition that was conceived as a reaction to the Internet and its view of “affordable art”. The exhibition, which took a critical look at the ever-changing expectations of art collectors and the role of the artist today, was also part of the Jue Festival 2009. |
| 2010 | "Prophecies" | “Prophecies” was island6's fifth exhibition in 2010 and a multimedia event that assessed the power of the future. It was assumed that all present could develop prophetic powers. Like a work of art, the future is also something imagined, conceived, and ultimately created. |
| 2011 | "Spring Floods and Peach Petals" with The Arts House | For the first time, island6 art traveled to Singapore. Spring Floods was a collaboration between island6 and The Arts House. Thirteen new works of art were shown showing the themes of traditional Shan Shui art. |
| 2011 | “SHContemporary 2011” with Red Gate Gallery | For SHContemporary 2011, island6 was represented by the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing. Brian Wallace's gallery has successfully represented the rise of Asian art in the world for years. |
| 2011 | "Far Beyond The Firewall" | The 58th island6 exhibition explored the contrast between locals and newcomers in everyday life in China through a comparative study of consumer habits in Western and Asian cultures. |
| 2011 | "Goddamned Shanghai" | This was the first of two exhibitions in Shanghai in the 1930s. "Goddamned Shanghai" 's works of art blended traditional with new media. |
| 2012 | "Across The Waibaidu" | As an extension of “Goddamned Shanghai”, the first exhibition in 2012 dealt historically with the 1940s and penetrated even deeper into the cultural discrepancies between East and West. |
| 2012 | "Them That Glide Past Our Windows" | "Them That Glide Past Our Windows" focused on the surrealistic nature of the art collective Liu Dao. During the opening, a smoke machine created a thick cloud of smoke that moved through the gallery in Moganshan Lu. |
| 2012 | "Island6 for Chivas Collective" | In 2012, Chivas Collective organized a high profile event at Three On The Bund. The guests were served a fusion of culinary delights, music and art. For this event island6 was invited to record LED and LCD art live on site. The visitors were asked in front of the camera and then appeared in the works of art. |
| 2012 | "Dripping With Aurum" | Everything that glitters is gold, that was the motto of the opening of the new island6 gallery in Hong Kong. For “Dripping With Aurum” specially made works of art were delivered from Shanghai to decorate the freshly painted walls. |
| 2012 | "The Secret Collection of Yüan Meng Ch'ien" | "The Secret Collection of Yüan Meng Ch'ien" was the dark sequel to "Island of Oddities" from the same year, which merged traditional paper cutting with modern media such as LED, photography and video. |
| 2013 | "Need.Want.Hunt." | The first exhibition in 2013 was all about the instincts that the people of the big city have to redefine. The extreme urbanization of China, and Shanghai in particular, calls for new survival strategies every day, and with "Need.Want.Hunt." Liu Dao climbed up to the top of the skyscrapers and at the same time climbed deep under the foundations of the urban construction sites. |
| 2013 | "Body City Mechanism" | The investigation of urban life was continued in “Body-City-Mechanism”, but this time the artist collective was interested in the lively pulses of the city, the interaction of nature and the vital expressiveness that breathes life into Shanghai. |
literature
- Andrea Neidhoefer: Eurasia One . In: Visual Production , Vol. 3 (July 2007), ISBN 978-988-99609-5-7 , pp. 154-159.
- Richard Cook: Shanghai . Phaidon Press, New York 2006, ISBN 0-7148-4696-1 , p. 42.
Web links
- http://www.island6.org/ : Official homepage of island6
- http://www.shanghaiist.com/ : Review of island6 at the 2010 JUE Festival
Individual evidence
- ^ Pott, Francis Lister Hawks: (Feb. 22, 1864– March 8, 1947), President Emeritus, St John's University, Shanghai, China (= Who Was Who ). Oxford University Press, December 1, 2007.
- ^ Land, Nick: Urbanatomy Shanghai 2009 = Shanghai tong 2009 . Di 1 ban edition. Nan kai da xue chu ban she, Tianjin Shi 2008.
- ↑ Matt Gross: FRUGAL TRAVELER - SHANGHAI; Balancing the past, the future and a budget . Ed .: The New York Times, Travel Section. January 21, 2007.
- ↑ Rajath Suri: Present History. (No longer available online.) In: Official island6 Web Page / Publication. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; Retrieved May 9, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Readers' Choice Awards 2015: Lifestyle Winners. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 14, 2014 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hoffmann, Jonas, Coste-Manière, Ivan ,: Global luxury trends: innovative strategies for emerging markets . Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire 2013.
