Liu Dao
Liu Dao (Chinese六 岛, pinyin Liù dǎo, " island number 6") is an international and multidisciplinary artist collective based in Shanghai, PRC. It was founded by the island6 Arts Center under the direction of the French curator Thomas Charveriat with the support of the Latvian art director Zane Mellupe. Under the name " Liu Dao " to performance as well as multimedia artists and technicians have joined forces to create electronic art. Her work has focused on interactive art installations that explore the impact of new " technology on our perception and forms of communication ." Since August 2010, the Liu Dao collective of artists consists of Chinese and international actors who have their principal place of work in island6 Arts Center.
The creative process
Liu Dao uses digital technologies as a mouthpiece and a projection screen for his emotions and thoughts about Shanghai in the 21st century and divides it into the universal intelligible language of art with. Most of her works include LED displays. The choreographers develop simple movements that are filmed and later transformed into LED displays. The working process is supervised by art directors. For the conversion of movies a self-developed software is used that creates an animated sequence of bitmaps.
Cooperation
All work by Liu Dao jointly created by several artists. Through the exchange of ideas and collaboration between these artists the wealth of ideas and development should be increased conceptual projects. The concept of a work of art created by the conversation between the curator and the art director by the theme is worked out. The result of the conversation is recorded in writing and presented to the artists. According to the feedback and the conceptual development of these artists work together with on-site technicians a strategy to implement the design. The recognition is similar to a movie not only to the artist himself, but also to the writers, directors, models, cameramen, technicians, painters, programmers, choreographers and editors. This approach, a comparable movie credits, can be seen as a direct counterpart to the usual handle, in which only the artists, but not all participants, the success is attributed.
Concept
Relaunching the LED work of Liu Dao and illuminate short but beautiful moments of life in the fast pace of the 21st century in Shanghai and in Beijing. In the People's Republic of China, a moment be worth an eternity and Liu Dao, the representation of this particular value of the moment has prescribed. This program is implemented by the provocation of a harmless sensation of heat, by irresistible voyeurism within a spectrum of feelings and problems that remain mostly well hidden behind closed doors. Thus, a variety of emotions and recurring patterns and life styles is represented, all indicative of the endless cycle of male and female needs.
Background
Towards the end of the eleventh five-year plan, China is in a phase of urbanization. The cities are drawn by building sites that are intended to modernizing the infrastructure. Many works of Liu Dao deal with this state of suspension of the Unfinished.
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 motive of urbanization, which includes the technology progress and modernity of Shanghai, the main focus of the collective is on the Chinese tradition to breathe life and " electrify " to. The visual compositions often combine LED animations with Chinese paper cuts, so as to enable the traditional images with the help of today's technology into the 21st century.
With the help of sensors, motion detectors, GPRS - modem - controlled video and sonorous rangefinders, the viewer can interact with the works of Liu Dao.
Works of art
Liu Dao Rickshaw Going By Made in island6: 2010 58 × 58 × 9 cm LED display, glass, stainless steel frame
Liu Dao Penjing Made in island6: 2010 108 × 108 × 9 cm LED display, Chinese paper cutting, paper collage, teak frame
Liu Dao Forbidden City Made in island6: 2010 42 × 42 × 8 cm LED display, paper collage, willow wood frame
Liu Dao Loving Made in island6: 2010 58 × 58 × 9 cm LED display, glass, teak frame
Liu Dao What Must I Do To Tame You Not Made in island6: 2010 107 × 107 × 8 cm LED display, paper collage, willow wood frame
Liu Dao Sumeru Realm Made in island6: 2010 122 × 122 × 9.5 cm LED display, Chinese paper cutting, teak frame
Liu Dao People Birds And Beasts Made in island6: 2010 108 × 108 × 9 cm LED display, Chinese paper cutting, paper collage, teak frame
Members
Since its inception, there is a collective of different artists and curators from around the world. In 2011, the team was composed among others of Sin Yeung Ching杨倩菁, Peter Braidt, Jack Kip Mur, Loo Ching Ling吕晶琳and Jean Le Guyader. 2012 joined Liu Dao Droste also Catherine, Nicolas Grefenstette, Dave Ahern, Alexia Kalteis and Leela Shanker one. The current composition of the collective includes new members as Fabrice Amzel, Guan Yan官 彦, Margaret Johnson, Cecilia Garcia, David Keohane and Melani Murkovic.