Foreign Foes - island6

Perspective and relativity. Camaraderie and bravery. If the world was being invaded by an alien race, surely we would seek comfort in our numbers. Each one of the 7.5 billion of us offering a single serving of comfort, or perhaps just an illusion of such, for all other humans on the planet. Scaled down. A small island. Each artist takes comfort in the framework of another. Each writer framing the solace of the artist’s vision. Each LED programmed to illuminate hope. In this battle, there 7.5 billion pixels and dots, brushstrokes and grains of wood, particles of paper all keeping this island safe. The war rages on between understanding and acceptance. Expression and censorship. It is on this beach front that foreign foes are held back. Between the outside concrete and the indoor concrete, there is an alien line of bombardment falling and clashing against ideas and visions.

Liu Dao 六岛(pinyin: Liùdǎo) is a Shanghai-based art collective of tech-geeks and creative talents driven by innovation and interaction. The collective produces cutting-edge art that constantly contemplates the future of Asia, engages sights and scenes from old and new China, and elevates the skills of new talents by working from a communal forum. Liu Dao's art is visual, interactive, conceptual, humorous, and somber - but always striking, always involving fresh takes on modern technology, and always the product of collaboration. Since Liu Dao's beginning, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, new media artists, software and digital imaging artists, dancers, writers, engineers, and curators have worked together to produce original, intriguing shows. The collective has ranged from 6 to 26 people since its inception in 2006. island6 often features guest directors, performers, and curators for individual artworks or special exhibitions, allowing an international and cross-cultural foundation for original ideas to be born from many sources of input rather than one. The island6 art collective (Liu Dao 六岛) has appeared in acclaimed art fairs around the world, including Art Paris, KIAF Seoul, the Hong Kong Art Fair, SHContemporary, Scope New York, Miami & Basel, Art Stage Singapore, Art Dubai, Contemporary Istanbul, KIAF Seoul, and many more…