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山海经·生花
颜劲松
“又北三十里，曰牛首山。有草焉，名曰鬼草，其叶如葵而赤茎，其秀如禾，服之不忧。 达到当天最大量API KEY 超过次数限制
大荒之中，有山名曰孽摇頵羝。上有扶木，柱三百里，其叶如芥。有谷曰温源谷。汤谷上有扶木，一曰方至，一曰方出，皆载于乌。”——《山海经》

想做一本画册，里面摆放满满的各式花朵，也许是出于对生命往还轮回的迷思，也许是对美好之物的爱恋不已，但这总让我想起日本摄影的好多作品来，也会令我想起《红楼梦》里黛玉葬花的那一幕：“侬今葬花人笑痴，他年葬侬知是谁？” 我常常为此类胡思乱想着迷，究竟花为何物？惹起世间如此的纷纷扰扰。

昨夜梦到幼年玩伴，当时听说放暑假他在老家的河里野游，一个猛子扎下去，就再也没上来。据说下游的老乡打捞起来时，脑袋开了花……我的梦里就是那在河水里浮浮沉沉的弱小身影，还有脑袋上长出来的花，久久不散。

自上古先秦神话传说以降，古人自有原始的植物崇拜与信仰。诸多能够上通神界，下通幽冥的神奇花木，能够食之令人忘忧、不饥，甚至返老还童的奇花异草。烟雨尘封的历史过往中，料想那孜孜不倦以求长生不老的各位君王们，内心里也是迷恋花草不浅的吧。

然而，花者，于我究竟还是喜爱之物，毕竟它与生命繁衍有关，况且总令人充满了各种幻想与浪漫。

再说带着相机去拍花，去拍一处正在生成的繁花之境，也确实是一件浪漫的事情，或许还有探险的意味，因为你不知道哪朵花会在何时生在何地。它们就像黑暗里的闪光灯前突然冒出的精灵，也许在你惊讶而忘记摁快门的瞬间，它们就逃离了镜头，或者从你的灵魂之中遁去。所以，你要凝神，要屏住呼吸，或者，就像狙击手一样，但又一定要带着浪漫的悲悯之心。这时，你用微微眯着的双眼，才看到那一朵朵、一片片的神奇花朵，从黑暗，从上古的神话，从悠远的大荒之中绽放，舒展，升腾……直通三界。

只是，你摁下快门的画面，让我似乎看到了后羿，那惊天地泣鬼神的一幕再次上演，却也从此打断了人、神以及幽冥间的联系。

繁花生兮，惊梦，

过往三生者，皆在一瞬……

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

THE CLASSIC OF MOUNTAINS
AND RIVERS ·THE BLOOMING FLOWERS

Yan Jinsong

Thirty miles to the north was the Niushou Mountain. There is a kind of grass in there, called Ghost Grass, its leaves like sunflower and the stem is red, the flowers like the tassel of rice seedlings, eat them can make people carefree.

In the wild named Dahuang, there is a mountain called Nieyaoyundi. There is a tree named Fusang, three hundred miles high, its leaves shaped like a mustard leaf. There is a valley called Wenyuan Valley, also means Tanggu. There is a Fusang tree on the Tanggu, and ten suns come in and out of it. Only one comes back, another sun goes out, all load on the back of three-legged crow. —- THE CLASSIC OF MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS

I always want to make a picture album, which is full of flowers, perhaps for the love of the afterlife, perhaps for the love of the beautiful things, too. But it always reminds me of many works of Japanese photography, and also reminds me of Lin Daiyu's burying flowers scene in the Dream of Red Mansions: “Today you are laughed at for burying flowers. However, who will bury you when you die?" I am often fascinated by such fantasies. What exactly are the flowers? It’s so disturbing.

Last night I dreamed of a childhood playmate, and I heard that he was playing in the river in his hometown in the summer vacation, and he jumped into the water and never came up again. It is said that when a fellow villager downstream salvaged his body, his head cracked like a flower blooming… There is always that small figure floating and sinking in the river in my dream, as well as the flowers growing on his head, for a long time.

Since the ancient myths and legends of the pre-Qin period, the ancients have always had primitive plant worship and belief. There are many mysterious flowers and plants that can pass through the world of gods and the world of ghosts, and many exotic flowers and plants that can be eaten without worrying, hunger or even rejuvenation. In the smoky and dusty past, I imagine that the kings who worked tirelessly for immortality are also infatuated with flowers and plants in their hearts.

However, the flower is still my favorite thing. After all, it is related to the reproduction of life, and always full of fantasies and romance.

Besides, taking a camera to take photos of flowers, to take photos of a growing flower scene, is really a romantic thing, perhaps also has the meaning of exploration, because you do not know when and where a flower will be born. They are like ghosts popping up in front of a flash in the darkness. Maybe when you are surprised and forget to press the shutter, they will escape from the camera or your soul. So you have to be focused, hold your breath, or, like a sniper, but with romantic compassion. At this moment, with your eyes narrowed slightly, you can see the magical flowers blooming, stretching and rising from darkness, from ancient myths, from the distant wilderness… It goes straight to the three worlds’ boundaries.

However, the scene of you holding down the shutter makes me as if see Houyi. The magnificent scene was repeated, but it also interrupts the relationship between people, gods and the ghosts.

I was awakened from my dream by the blooming of flowers.

And everything in the past is annihilated in an instant…

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

山海经·生花©颜劲松

颜劲松《山海经·生花》系列作品于2019年10月26日-11月1日在2019兰州国际影像双年展“艺术兰州”机构展单元百安概念影城艺术空间展出。

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颜劲松，1972年生于浙江温岭。毕业于温州师范学院美术系，中国摄影家协会会员，台州市摄影家协会理事。

展览

2019年2月，《藏地系列》洛杉矶摄影博览会

2019年1月，《山海经·生花》第二届影像西湖艺术现场

2018年10月，《日常的凝视》辽宁北镇摄影大展个展

2018年9月，《潮起潮落》平遥国际摄影节个展

2018年6月，《日常的凝视》天水国际双年展个展

2017年11月，《藏地·向往》丽水国际摄影节个展

2017年11月，《城市的印记》第三届甘肃观看当代影像双年展

2017年9月，《向佛的脚步》平遥国际摄影节个展

2017年9月，《藏地·真言》平遥国际摄影节群展

2017年8月，《向佛的脚步》《城市的记忆》大理国际影会个展

2017年4月，《撕裂的记忆》第二届重庆长江国际影像双年展个展

2017年3月，《藏人印象》上海国际摄影展群展

2016年9月，《赶海的女人们》平遥国际摄影节个展

2015年12月，《藏人》中摄协798展览中心个展

2015年10月，《藏人》丽水摄影节个展

2015年9月，《藏人》平遥摄影节个展

获奖

26届国展评委会推荐奖及入选《向佛的脚步》《赶海的女人们》

2016、2017平遥优秀摄影师奖《赶海的女人们》《向佛的脚步》

16、17届中国国际展入选《船》《抛圣果》

2018北镇优秀摄影师奖《日常的凝视》

2018台州双年展优秀摄影师奖《潮起潮落》

15届浙江省艺术展金奖《金属的构成与色彩》

Yan Jinsong was born in 1972 in Wenling, a city in Zhejiang province. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Wenzhou Normal College and is now member of China Photographers

Association as well as director of Taizhou Photographers Association.

Exhibitions

2019.2/ Tibet Series/ PHOTO L.A.

2019.1/The Classic of Mountains and Rivers · the Blooming Flowers/ The 2nd Image · West Lake Art Show

2018.10/ Day-to-day Gaze/ Solo Exhibition in Beizhen China International Photography Festival

2018.9/ Ebb and Flow/ Solo Exhibition in Pingyao International Photography Festival

2018.6/ Day-to-day Gaze/ Solo Exhibition in Tianshui International Biennale

2017.11/ Tibet · Yearning/ Solo Exhibition in Lishui International Photography Festival 2107.11/ The Mark of A City/ The 3rd Gansu View Contemporary Image Biennale

2017.9/ Steps toward Buddha/ Solo Exhibition in Pingyao International Photography Festival

2017.9/ Tibet · Mantra/ Group Exhibitions in Pingyao International Photography Festival

2017.8/ Steps toward Buddha/ Memory of A City/ Solo Exhibition in Dali International Photography Exhibition

2017.4/ Riven Memory/ Solo Exhibition in The 2nd Edition of Changjiang International Photography & Video Biennale

2017.3/ Impression of Tibetans/Group Exhibitions in Shanghai International Photography Festival

2016.9/ Beachcombers/ Solo Exhibition in Pingyao International Photography Festival

2015.12/ Tibetans/ Solo Exhibition in 798 Gallery of China Photographers Association

2015.10/ Tibetans/ Solo Exhibition in Lishui Photography Festival

2015.9/ Tibetans/ Solo Exhibition in Pingyao Photography Festival

Awards

The 26th National Exhibition Jury Recommendation Award/ Steps toward Buddha/ Beachcombers

2016, 2017 Pingyao Excellence Award/ Beachcombers/ Steps toward Buddha The 16th and the 17th China International Exhibition/ Boat/ / Toss the Sacred Fruit

2018 Beizhen Excellence Award/ Day-to-day Gaze

2018 Taizhou Biennale Excellence Award/ Ebb and Flow

Gold Award in The 15th Zhejiang Art Exhibition/ Composition and Color of Metal

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