GREAT TIMES CLUB TOUR LIVE
大时代歌厅演唱会
CONCEPT : Cao Fei / Hu Zhenchao
DESIGNER : Hu Zhenchao / Liu Caichen / Ni Simiao
CLIENT : Modern Sky
YEAR : 2023 Exhibition & Event

The Grand Times Cabaret - Wu Tiao Ren Tour Concert has now been held in Guangzhou and Beijing. The main visual "Cracked CD" was first set by the concert's artistic director Cao Fei. "Cracked CD" refers to the audio-visual products that are backlogged in the Western market and imported as plastic waste, but are circulated in non-mainstream channels across China as audio-visual products. It originated in the early 1990s and is a unique cultural product and cultural phenomenon in China. The coastal areas of Guangdong are the main entrances for cracked CDs. At that time, the band's main creators A Mao and Ren Ke made a living by selling cracked CDs and absorbed music nutrients.
The Beijing stop of the concert has further upgraded the visuals, retaining the cracked CD elements and combining them with mirrors. This is a gaudy and cheap mirror. My earliest impression of this comes from the factory dormitories or ordinary families in the 1990s. Every household had this mirror. That was an era of personal aesthetic awareness awakening and economic development. Every little person in the big era has the power of love and beauty, regardless of class.

大时代歌厅——五条人巡回演唱会，目前已进行广州、北京两站。主视觉“打口碟”最早由演唱会艺术导演曹斐设定。“打口碟”是指西方市场积压的音像制品处理后被作为塑料垃圾进口，却以音像制品的身份在中国各地的非主流渠道进行流通，源于上世纪九十年代初，是中国特有的一种文化产物和文化现象，其中广东沿海是打口碟的主要入口，当年乐队主创阿茂、仁科便以贩卖打口碟为生，同时汲取音乐养分。
演唱会的北京站，视觉进一步升级，保留打口碟元素，并将其与镜子相结合。这是一款艳俗廉价的镜子，我对此最早的印象源于九十年代工厂宿舍或普通家庭，家家户户都有这面镜子，那是个人审美意识觉醒和经济发展的时代，大时代里的每个小人物都有爱的权力、美的权力，无论阶层。

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