Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Review

Under the background of the bright moonlight, the mood is no longer as tight as in the daytime. There is more attention and deeper perception of the exhibits. Listening to the golden songs of the times full of sense of time, sometimes unconsciously humming or dancing, the scenes that you can see. It was like walking back to the scene of life decades ago. This is the "night stay + night tour gallery" event brought by UCCA and ttg on April 9 - "live in UCCA, dream in Cao Fei's era stage". "Cao Fei: The era stage" first talk about Cao Fei. Although there are few people who know her at the public level, she is the first invited in Chinese art plus. The artist of the BMW art car, also filmed Cai Xuxu for Prada! This exhibition is Cao Fei's first mid-term panoramic retrospective solo exhibition. The UCCA exhibition hall has been transformed into a double-storey exhibition hall in the town's playground. There are more than 20 sets of works, more than 40 video works throughout it. The set is full of 80s and 90s: Hongxia Cinema, Fountain Sculpture Garden, Plastic chair + old TV, folding red seat... In these works, from video games, hip-hop music, production workshops, to logistics economy, virtual reality... Cao Fei continues to pay attention to the complex social pressure of the era's development of popular culture, technological progress and urban change. It also allows audiences from different ages and backgrounds to find specific era memories at the exhibition site. Must-check experience: Octopus at the entrance: countless times to brush this giant octopus, one of the main characters of the work "Asia No. 1" inflatable octopus, almost all the audience will not help but take a photo with it. Hongxia Cinema: Restores the feeling of an old-fashioned cinema, and is still screening the 19-year-old science-fiction film feature film "Nova", screening every day at 10:30, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00. Azhen Tea House Food stalls: On the right hand side of the entrance, red folding chairs and retro folding tables, there is really a variety of snacks, milk tea, lemon tea, immersed in the exhibition to eat food stalls, it feels quite special. Fountain sculpture garden: There are many plastic tables and chairs on it, and you can sit in front of the old TV with headphones and watch the images. Next to it is a slightly earthy sculpture, as if really in the streets of the 80s and 90s, there is a security pavilion-like Jiuxianqiao KTV in the corner, singing a song Katyusha, aftertaste classics. Factory changes: From "Whose Utopia" to "Asia No. 1", what can be seen is the transformation of labor-intensive factories to automation factories in the Pearl River Delta, and the Internet has become a gathering point for intensive labor, and these industries have turned people into dots. The emotions between people are split into pieces by algorithms, and that is the reality of the moment. Exhibition Name: Cao Fei: Times Stage Exhibition Time: March 12th to June 6th Exhibition Address: Beijing 798 Art District UCCA Yulens Contemporary Art Center Ticket Price: Adult Ticket 130/person, Student/Seniors over 60 years old/1.2