Safe Space for Art
Located 50 minutes by bus from the center of Shanghai is an institution that used to be shrouded in mystery. Its location is better known to Shanghai locals than its name. Over the past decades, its address was commonly used in local jokes or even insults, such as the phrase “You’ll be sent to 600 Wanpingnan Road.”
People considered visiting this place, the Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC), a disgrace as those suffering from mental illness were labeled as “abnormal people.” Little was known about what went on within the walls of this place, which has
