胡月朋捕云记2019年 Cloud catcher note 2019

Time goes by so fast. Ina flash, I've been fishing for clouds in Huangshan for the ninth year. I still remember clearly that day, we walked from the foot of the mountain to the top, in the Lion Peak of Huangshan, in the white clouds like cotton babies, facing the impetuous wind, opened the net and caught the first white cloud in my life. It has always appeared in my imagination. It has seven different colors. It is a colorful auspicious cloud.

Many years ago, I created the profession of cloud catcher. I started to catch clouds in the clouds of yellow Mountain. But at first, it was difficult to catch clouds. At that time, the clouds were wild and changed very quickly, keeping distance and not close to people. But it's a career I've created and I'm happy to find the void, even if I don't get anything. In my opinion, there is nothing different between empty and original, so I am very busy about it every day.
However, a few years later, I gradually found that clouds were everywhere. I could not only see them anywhere, but also capture them at will. In the original world, everything had clouds.
In ancient Chinese writing, the word "Youyun" is interpreted as having something to say. So when I see all things have clouds, I suddenly understand the meaning of cloud. It means that all things have something to say. As human beings, we really should listen to what they want to say more.

In 2010, I made a great decision to leave the group of artists who hold the group to warm up, to leave the dark and hazy Beijing, to come to the central part of China, yellow Mountain, Anhui Province, to start my behavioral art life, create a new career, and become a cloud catcher who constantly pursues nihility.

yellow Mountain. is the most famous mountain in China. Its natural scenery enjoys a good reputation in the world. It is like a fairyland.

In 2010, catch clouds at Lion Peak in yellow Mountain., Anhui Province.

In 2011, catch clouds at Guangming Peak of yellow Mountain., Anhui Province.

In 2012, in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, catch clouds.

In 2013, we fished for clouds in Fuzi Mountain, yellow Mountain..

In 2014, Yunlong Mountain, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, was used to catch clouds.

In 2015, he and his wife Meiyun were catching clouds at Yuping Peak in yellow Mountain..

In 2016, he and his wife were hunting clouds at Songzanlin Temple in Shangri-la, Yunnan Province.

In 2017, with Meiyun, we caught clouds in the secluded waters of yellow Mountain..

In 2018, we caught clouds in Gibsons, Canada.

In 2019, he and his wife, Meiyun, were catching clouds at the yellow Mountain Gate.

Looking back at the nine years of yellow Mountain's cloud-catching art life, I often have a feeling that the hidden people merge into one cloud and I forget both of them. Time spent with the clouds, laughter and laughter, those memories, in the dark, I seem to see the sunshine, harmony of all things, butterflies flying, frogs singing, birds singing: clouds are full of life, if life has a common dream, all living beings are equal, love the world equally. I saw in the rainbow after the storm, the cloud catcher was walking in the rainbow bridge, holding the net in his hand, singing while he was at ease in the clouds.

胡月朋捕云记简介 Cloud catcher note 2

Time goes by so fast. In a flash, I've been catching clouds in Huangshan for the ninth year. I still remember that day, my friends and I were in Lion Peak, in the snow-like white clouds, facing the impetuous wind, opened the net to catch the first white cloud in my life. It used to be in my imagination, there are seven different colors, that is a seven-color auspicious cloud.

Before that, since 1985, I have been living among artists. During the past 20 years, I have drawn a lot of paintings that I am not satisfied with, realistic, abstract and expressionist. I also formed a rock band, sang songs and wrote many songs that I was not satisfied with. In 2005, as editor-in-chief of art website, in 2006, as curator, curator, commentator and even novelist, very busy, very busy, very busy, but I am not satisfied. Until I decided to leave the group of artists, Beijing, Huangshan and live a reclusive life, I created a character for such a life, he is the one who catches the clouds.

胡月朋捕云记简介 Cloud catcher note 1

In September 2010, the artist Hu Yuepeng and his party set out from Beijing and arrived in Huangshan, Anhui Province. At 3 a.m. on the 9th, they started hiking with their guide from Taiping, the north gate of Huangshan Mountain. After more than four hours, they crossed the Qidao Mountains. At dawn, they finally climbed the top of Huangshan Mountain and launched an artistic act called "The Story of Cloud Catching".

Dressed in traditional Chinese clothes, the artist catches the clouds with a net on the top of Huangshan Mountain, in the sea of clouds, and then loads them into an airbag. He numbers and signs each cloud, then takes it to the foot of the mountain, and presents the "cloud of Huangshan" to art audiences from all walks of life throughout the country by mail.

"Cloud" is endowed in the East as a symbol of lofty realm and broad feelings. It carries the good will of nature and romance, auspiciousness and blessings.

This artistic act, in the form of Shaman, narrates the simple Oriental thought of "from nothing to existence, from existence to nonexistence" and "Tao follows nature", expresses philosophy and poetry by artistic means, and calls for the equality of all living beings, man and nature. The artist puts the empty "cloud" into the airbag, materializes the "cloud" and makes the "artistic conception" become something that can be touched, which makes people feel immersed and reverie infinitely. This is the unique charm of this artistic act which makes people feel mysterious and dreamlike most.
Since its implementation in 2010, the work has been continuing, and has been deducing various parts of its branches, such as the story of giving away clouds, the story of planting clouds, the story of cleaning clouds, the story of sunning clouds under the sun and so on. At the same time, the artist Hu Yuepeng is also writing the first "Cloud Spectrum" in China, which is about the naming, classification and morphological knot of clouds. Genealogical works on construction and allusions.

The artist Hu Yuepeng and his wife, beautiful clouds, have long lived at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, engaged in cloud catching. In 2014, they built a house to collect clouds, named Tibetan Cloud Pavilion.