Island6
The island6 Arts Center ( Chinese:六 岛 艺术 中心) is a creative platform and at the same time the exhibition space, operated by artists in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was founded by the French curator and artist Thomas Charveriat to life in 2006.
One of the main tasks of island6 is to give contemporary artists who explore with their works in particular social, aesthetic and philosophical issues, a forum. " In a series of closely curated group exhibitions, a variety of European and Chinese artists will be shown side by side. " Since April 2006, the Art Center is in the bohemian district of Shanghai, the heart of which the Moganshan Lu is represented. To date, island6 issued the works of about 500 artists from 21 different countries in more than 70 exhibitions, sponsored 139 Artist in residency programs and helped in the creation of approximately 2,000 art projects. In 2007 island6 founded the Multimedia Arts Group Liu Dao. Under this name, performance, sound, photography and video artists work together with technicians in the creation of electronic art. The island6 Arts Center since 2010 focuses solely on in-house art collective Liu Dao.
Among the sponsors of island6 include, inter alia, the French Economic and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Seoul Mayor Oh Se Hoon, Baroness Marie Christine of Reibnitz, the British Cabinet member Tessa Jowell, the French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Paolo Bodo, CEO of Miss Sixty.
History
Island6 & the Fou Foong Flour Mill
No. 120 island6 was opened in the Fou Foong Flour Mill in the Moganshan Road. The flour mill is a four-story brick building, which was designed in 1897 by the British architect office Dalles & Atkinson. The mill was founded by the brothers Duoxin Sun and Sun Duosen who came from the province of Anhui. In the 19th century it was the largest and most modern mill in Asia since their founding fathers were the first American machinery imported to China. As social power was the fact that they put their employees a hospital and two schools.
As part of this success story 16 more mills were built and thus laid the foundation for China's modern milling industry.
Later, the mill of Rong Yiren, the Vice- President of the People's Republic of China in the years 1993 to 1998, one-time industrialist, bought up. In 2002, the Fou Foong Getreidemühlenkomlex was sold to a real estate company. Result, most silos were demolished and the warehouse by should reside island6 later, also stood before the implosion. Architects and university professors are committed to the remaining part of the industrial plant of Suzhou Creek and eventually the building was declared a National Monument. In 2006 the warehouse to Thomas Charveriat, Margherita Salmaso, Rose Tang and Kang Jingfang, the founders of island6, let. In March 2006 Thomas Charveriat island6 Arts Center Ltd. Trautmann registered in Hong Kong. A month later, the first organized by island6 art exhibition called "Invisible Layers, Electric Cities" opened (curated by Allard van Hoorn & Margherita Salmaso ), their doors. From June 2006 to June 2008 on Charveriat took charge of the gallery. "In these two years has made island6 a prime example of Shanghai's transformation from old to new an excellent reputation. "
Island6 had in June 2008, give way to a real estate company, which led to the relocation of the gallery in the Moganshan Road No. 50, where they worked together from now on with the ifa gallery.
Island6 & M50
The new showroom was founded in 2006 by the Ifa Gallery by emerging and established Chinese and to promote international artists and is located in the art district M50. The art district M50 lies on the southern bank of the Suzhou River. On the site once the spinning Xinhe was built. The mill belonged to the Zhou family and provided merchants from Anhui Province with cotton and Textilien.1994 the company was renamed woolen mill in Shanghai Chunming. After the plant was renovated according to the plans of the French architect Philippe Diani and equipped with the furniture of Aymeric Lefort, the Ifa pulled a gallery. After the renovation was followed by a series of exhibitions, organized by island6 in cooperation with the Ifa gallery. In August 2008, the Taiwanese team of architects and Kang Zheng Guoyang Jingfang designed the new showroom. At the start of 2009, then took over the management of the exhibition space with the help of Zane Thomas Charveriat Mellupe. In October 2009, they joined Binbin Wang, and in 2010, Sin Yeung Ching杨倩菁and the writer Peter Braidt to. In 2011, the team of Jack Kip Mur, Loo Ching Ling吕晶琳and Jean Le Guyader was supplemented, in addition, Catherine Droste, Nicolas Grefenstette, Dave Ahern and Alexia Kalteis joined in 2012. The current composition of island6 includes new members as Fabrice Amzel, Guan Yan官 彦, Margaret Johnson, Cecilia Garcia, David Keohane and Melani Murkovic.
Island6 Hong Kong
In July 2012, opened island6 a second gallery in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. The Gallery I is located in the New Street No. 1, in the Sheung Wan district. island6 Hong Kong opened its doors with the exhibition " Dripping With Aurum ", since it was already present two solo exhibitions by Liu Dao, namely "The Cat That Eats Diodes " and " Need. Want. Hunt. "
Liu Dao
The artist collective Liu Dao is the most productive and most abundant presence of island6 Arts Center. In their works, the artists transform video recordings of simple movements into animated sequences. This creates seductive LED displays, moving oscillating in their own reality. Liu Dao works to encourage interaction, speak the voyeur in the viewer and to address the urban development, Chinese culture and history tradition versus modernity and technology. Due to the successful concept of Liu Dao provides island6 for some years only the artists' collective in -house gallery.
Notable exhibitions
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