Liu Dao
Liu Dao ( Chinese 六 岛 , Pinyin Liù dǎo , "island number 6") is an international and multidisciplinary artist collective from Shanghai , People's Republic of China . It was founded by the island6 Arts Center under the direction of the French curator Thomas Charvériat with the support of the Latvian art director Zane Mellupe. Performance and multimedia artists and technicians have come together under the name "Liu Dao" to create electronic art. Her work focuses on interactive art installations that explore the effects of new “technologies on our perception and forms of communication”. Since August 2010 the Liu Dao artist collective consists of Chinese and international actors who have their main place of work in the island6 Arts Center.
Creative process
Liu Dao uses digital technologies as a mouthpiece and projection surface for his emotions and thoughts about Shanghai in the 21st century and communicates them in the universally understandable language of art. Most of their works include LED displays. The choreographers develop simple movements that are filmed and later transformed into LED presentations. The work process is supervised by the art directors. In-house developed software is used to convert the film sequences, which creates an animated sequence of bitmaps .
cooperation
All of Liu Dao's works are created jointly by several artists. The exchange of ideas and the collaboration between these artists is intended to increase the wealth of ideas and the development of conceptual projects. The concept for a work of art arises from the conversation between the curator and the art director in which the topic is worked out. The result of the conversation is recorded in writing and presented to the artists. After the feedback and the conceptual development of the artists, they work with the technicians on site to develop a strategy to implement the design. As with a film, recognition goes not only to the artist himself, but also to the authors, directors, models, cameramen, technicians, painters, programmers, choreographers and editors. This procedure, comparable to a film credits, can be seen as a direct counterpart to the otherwise usual handling, in which only the artists, but not all participants, are attributed the success.
concept
Liu Dao's LED works enliven and illuminate short but beautiful moments of life in the fast pace of the 21st century in Shanghai and Beijing. In the People's Republic of China, a moment can be forever and Liu Dao is dedicated to portraying that special moment. It is implemented by provoking a harmless feeling of warmth, by irresistible voyeurism within a spectrum of feelings and problems, which are usually well hidden behind closed doors. A multitude of emotions and recurring patterns and lifestyles are represented, all indicative of the endless cycle of male and female needs.
background
- urbanization
Towards the end of the eleventh five-year plan , China is in a phase of urbanization . The cities are marked by construction sites that are intended to modernize the infrastructure. Many of Liu Dao's works deal with this limbo of the unfinished.
- History and tradition
Liu Dao processed in his works a variety of influences and styles from the Chinese art and history, such as the symbol of the crane (Chinese symbol for long life), Chinese paper cuts , rice paper and Maoist Communist and images. Combined with the motif of urbanization, which includes the technological progress and modernity of Shanghai, the main focus of the collective is on breathing life into the Chinese tradition and "electrifying" it. The visual compositions often combine LED - animations with Chinese paper cuttings, so as to render the traditional images with the help of today's technology into the 21st century.
- interaction
With the help of sensors , motion detectors , GPRS - modem -controlled videos and sonorous distance meters , the viewer can interact with the works of Liu Dao.
Members
Since its inception, the collective has consisted of changing artists and curators from all over the world. In 2011 the team consisted of Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁, Peter Braidt, Jack Kip Mur, Loo Ching Ling 吕晶琳 and Jean Le Guyader, among others. In 2012, Liu Dao also included Katharina Droste, Nicolas Grefenstette, Dave Ahern, Alexia Kalteis, and Leela Shanker. The current composition of the collective includes new members such as Fabrice Amzel, Guan Yan 官 彦, Margaret Johnson, Cecilia Garcia, David Keohane and Melani Murkovic.
Curators and art directors
| Name of the artist | nationality | Exhibitions |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Charvériat |
 France
|
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China , Lecture on Digital Arts, Nuit Blanche , Eurasia One , Platform for Urban Investigation II , Remote / Control , Stop / over Cities , Bits, Bytes and Pixels , Untitled Santa , I Love LEDs , Getting Along , Forward / Backward and Reloading , Platform for Urban Investigation , Invisible Layers, Electric Cities , Everyday Frenzies , Spring Floods And Peach Petals , Far Beyond The Firewall , Goddamned Shanghai , Across the Waibaidu , Ooh La La! , Them that Glide Past our Windows , Dripping with Aurum , Island of Oddities , The Secret Collection of Yuan Meng Ch'ien , The Cat That Eats Diodes , Need.Want.Hunt. , Body City Mechanism |
| Zane Mellupe |
 Latvia
|
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai and Made in China |
| Rajath Suri |
 Canada India
|
Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China |
| Pete Bradt |
 United States
|
Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , Psychic Apparatus , Libido Mortido |
| Brian Wallace |
 Australia
|
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , HK Artfair 2010 , The Light Fantastic , LED City , HK ArtFair 2011 , Wired Blossoms and Electric Angels |
| George Michell |
Australia |
Psychic Apparatus , Psychic Apparatus , 30 Degrees , LED City , Ooh La La! |
| Ching Ling Loo |
 Singapore
|
Spring Floods and Peach Petals , Goddamned Shanghai , Rockbund Art Museum, Across the Waibaidu , Ooh La La , Them that Glide Past our Windows , Dripping with Aurum , Island of Oddities , The Secret Collection of Yuan Meng Ch'ien and The Cat That Eats Diodes |
former members
| Name of the artist | nationality | exhibition |
|---|---|---|
| Zou Susu (邹林峰) |
 China |
The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China , Nuit Blanche , Eurasia One , Remote / Control , Bits, Bytes and Pixels , I Love LEDs |
| Yang Longhai (杨龙海) |
China |
The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China , Nuit Blanche , Eurasia One , Platform for Urban Investigation II , Remote / Control , Bits, Bytes and Pixels , Untitled Santa , I Love LEDs , Getting Along |
| Wu Yandan (吴艳丹) |
China |
Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds |
| Li Lingxi (李 翎 溪) |
China |
Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust |
| Tom Lee Pettersen |
United States |
Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds |
| Nick Hersey |
 England |
Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China , Body-City-Mechanism |
| Chaim Gebber |
 Brazil |
Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata |
| Manel's Favre |
France |
Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds |
| Zhang Deli (张德丽) |
China |
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China |
| Antonio Argueta |
 Guatemala
|
Absolute 0:00 , Prophecies , Plugged In |
| Wang Dongma (王东 马) |
China |
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China |
| Rose Tang (唐罗丝) |
 Taiwan
|
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China , Remote / Control , Bits, Bytes and Pixels , Untitled Santa , I Love LEDs , Getting Along , Forward / Backward and Reloading |
| Cai Duobao (蔡 多 宝) |
China |
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust |
| Bing Bing (兵 冰) |
China |
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo , LED City , 30 Degrees , Synesthesia , Pi , The Artist Died Yesterday , Automata , Urban Lust , Clouds of Crowds , Zero Gravity , PlugIt , Made in Shanghai , Made in China |
| Kong Mosha (孔墨 沙) |
China |
Raining Stars , Garden of Autumn Vapors , Absolute 0:00 , HK Artfair 2010 , Psychic Apparatus , The Light Fantastic , Libido Mortido , Fakirs , Placebo |
Selected exhibitions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eurasia One Rolf A. Kluenter, Dr. Christoph Schreier and Andrea Neidhoefer 2007 publ. by FoldPress & Timezone8 Publications (pp. 20-21) ISBN 0-9549960-1-1
- ↑ Liu Dao Michelle Ong, Pete Bradt, Kristen Delaney and others. Rajath Suri 2010 publ. by FoldPress ISBN 978-0-9549960-3-1
- ^ The fantastic light at Louis Vuitton . April 7, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ↑ Nick Muzyczka: The future was in their hands . In: The Global Times, Culture Section , October 20, 2010, p. 6.
- ↑ RA Suri: Liu Dao Collective (PDF; 139 kB) December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on March 26, 2010. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ The World Bank: Urban Development and China . Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ The Gallery of China: Chinese Paintings Crane Meanings . Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ↑ Nick Muzyczka: Collectively Gazing into the Abyss . In: The Global Times, Culture Section , May 14, 2010, p. 6.
- ↑ Michelle Ong: Absolute 0:00 at island6 Arts Center . Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
literature
- Matthew Neckelmann, 'An island in the' hai ' ( Memento of November 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), That's Shanghai , April 29, 2009
Web links
- www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk : Free online gallery that allows artists to exhibit their work
- video.saatchigallery.com : Free online gallery that allows artists to exhibit their videos
- www.vimeo.com : Online video community
- www.rhizome.org : Online resource for those interested in new media
- www.island6.org : Non-profit gallery founded by Thomas Charvériat and representing Liu Dao
- www.chinapost.com : Review of Liu Dao's appearance at Louis Vuitton in Taipei