An artwork a day keeps the doctor away…or again: THE BIRDS!
The weather situation in Shanghai has been troubling the island6 creatives much like little birds not knowing if to come back from their southern escape destination or extend their stay far away from our beloved city. Allowedly, the birds have above all some other concerns at the moment. But we at the island decided for...
It´s gettin´ hot in here…
Being super busy preparing the artworks for the upcoming exhibitions, we’ve spent the last couple of days shooting like crazy. And they were definitely crazy, our beloved visitors and contributors Nick, Nino & Wang Yang amazed the entire island with their tricks, twists and hippety hops. ...
The BIRDS!!
We at Liu Dao have been known for incorporating all sort of animals in our digital artworks. The last pet through our doors was ‘pudding’ the pug, and there’s currently a sizeable tank of LED goldfish in the middle of the island6 gallery. Today we played host to a pair of feathered friends. Ever since...
Lights, Camera, ACTION!
Well we’re no stranger to shoots at island6, and our latest model was more of the furry on four legs type of beauty. She was called 小布丁 or Little Pudding, true enough to her name she was a very sweet dog indeed with star quality. Twas but a chance meeting that brought her our way...
Bunny Paddle Powers Latest Liu Dao Work
Did you know the humble white rabbit, long time assistant to magicians over the centuries, has a surprising and little known talent of its own? We at Liu Dao decided that as part of our recent animal themed exhibition we would give the bunny centre-stage and break this fact to the world: rabbits can swim!...
Buzzing, Hissing, Meowing and Barking: Liu Dao Behind the Scenes
For our animal-themed exhibition The Cat that Eats Diodes, island6 has been cavorting with beasts great and small. Here’s a photo montage of our dog/ cat/ rabbit/ fish-whispering efforts. For the more sensitive-souled amongst us, please do not be alarmed. No animals were (permanently) harmed in the making of these artworks. Land, sea and air...
Nezha Ascends the Pearl: The Making Of
Us folks at island6 are nothing but opportunistic, so when a troupe of awesome acrobats popped into our studio one day, we pounced. The more persuasive amongst us convinced Nicolas Montes de Oca to get his shirt off and do some pretty cool moves on an old wooden stool. What resulted from Nicolas’ efforts is a...
The Making of a Star…Fish!
In the spirit of a true collaborative collective, every member of Liu Dao participates in the creation of new artworks. Even the fish. While many of the collective have appeared in front of the camera for the occasional Liu Dao piece, our fine fish are some of the most renowned cast. Those of you who have visited the Shanghai...
The Opening of The Secret Collection of Yuan Meng Chi’en .
It was a busy week, and an even busier day that concluded with the opening of island6′s most recent exhibition; The Secret Collection of Yuan Meng Chi’en on September 5th, 2012. Our trusted engineers were putting the final touches to the artworks and the gallery’s appereance. While the rest of the team were running around...
September Show Inspiration
Our new Hong Kong show set for September is well and truly underway. This month we are drawing inspiration from the silver screen. One starlet that has caught our eye and inspired us is Judy Dan. After placing third in the first ever Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, Miss Hong Kong 1952 went to...
The island of Caged Birds
Visitors to our gallery have been commenting about our intriguing “cage art” collection. That’s right – following the tragic seizure/ “further checking required” status of our oddities collection, the island6 crew has been hard at work picking up the pieces of our semi-cancelled show. After a few days of wallowing in self-pity and drunken misery,...
island6-style Summer Delirium: The island fills up with Oddities
As a hot, sticky and humid July passes before the islanders, some of us have noticed things have definitely been taking a turn for the weird… The sun beats down violently almost every day on 50 Moganshan Road, and the district is bustling with perked-up patrons craving for some nice gallery-grade A/C. And yet a...