Island6, Contemporary art space in Moganshan Road, Shanghai, China

Island6 is an artist-run space at 50 Moganshan Road, inside the M50 art district of converted factories and warehouses on the Suzhou River's south bank. Its galleries show the Liu Dao collective's LED works, made from video of simple movements turned into animated bitmap sequences that blink and shift. The M50 premises were redesigned by French architect Philippe Diani and refitted in 2008 by architects Zheng Guoyang and Kang Jingfang.

Island6 was founded in 2006 by Thomas Charvériat, Margherita Salmaso, Zheng Guoyang and Kang Jingfang at 120 Moganshan Road, in the Fou Foong Flour Mill complex. Its first show, Invisible Layers, Electric Cities, opened on 1 April 2006. Facing eviction by developers, it moved in June 2008 to 50 Moganshan Road, inside the M50 gallery district of former factories.

The name Island6 (六岛, "six islands") also names Liu Dao, the collective whose LED works dominate the programme: video of simple movements is converted into animated bitmaps that blink and shift. Their themes are voyeurism, urban development, tradition versus modernity, and Chinese cultural history. Since 2010 the residency has accepted only Chinese artists invited by Island6.

Island6 sits at 50 Moganshan Road inside the M50 art district, on the south bank of the Suzhou River; the galleries occupy converted factory buildings, and the Hong Kong branch is at No. 1 New Street, off Queens Road West in Sheung Wan. The Bund space at Fuzhou Lu and Zhongshan Lu has closed, so check which locations are currently open before setting out.

The collective Liu Dao, the space's most frequent presence, turns video of simple movements into blinking LED bitmap sequences. Island6 has shown over 500 artists from 21 countries and helped produce around 2,000 art projects, figures that trace its growth from a warehouse in a field of rubble.