Photo Book 《1.99》

《1.99》海報

美麗堅硬

Unitedstiff

在昏暗的機艙中，恍惚地看見手機上顯示的時間為6:00，忽然這個六點成為純粹的數字，沒有指向和歸屬，一個在高空中的阿拉伯數字。小窗外的太陽不再能表達清晨與黃昏，此刻我也一同失去了些什麼。

這裡的天空很低、地很平，中間是一個透明的夾層

是的，透明又有禮貌的夾層

還有透明的微笑

可穿越物體的透明的微笑

In the dim cabin, time seemingly hit 6:00 on the phone. All of a sudden, this number became a pure figure. It did not signify, nor was it signified. It was merely an Arabic number up in the air. The sun outside the cabin window could no longer indicate dawn or Dusk. At this moment, it seemed I had lost something as well.

The sky here was very low, the ground rather flat, and between them a transparent interlayer

Yes, a transparent and polite interlayer

And also, a transparent smile

A transparent smile that could penetrate objects

在陌生的環境，人更接近動物，生長出一套新的感官系統。

半夜我躺在床上，窗外傳來英語的交談聲，我像回到小時候躺在自己的房間，聽見客廳傳來父親看HBO電影頻道的聲音，忽然的錯亂，讓我一時分不清我具體所在的位置。

白天，這裡的顏色充滿了指示與限制，整座城市就像一本使用手冊。我也無法確定我是在一座真實城市或是一個巨型遊戲場裡。

In an unfamiliar environment, people are like animals and develop a new sensory system.

It was midnight. I was lying in bed and overheard people conversing in English outside the window. It was like back in my childhood I would lie in my bedroom, listening to the sound from the living room where my father was watching the HBO movie channel. Suddenly, I was confused, and could not tell where I exactly was.

During the day, the colors here were full of instructions and restrictions, and the whole city was like a manual. I was not sure if I was in a real city or a giant game field.

空地裡放著一直在暗處的團塊，一塊具有引力的團塊，它要你站在原地凝視它，黑的，巨大且乾燥。而在所有空地之間的運動與串連，則是一種神祕的牽引。

來，跟我來

我牽引你，像在為一個肌肉萎縮的人做牽引術

我們先將身體舒展開來

你走得又快又好

不問方向、也不問意義

像一個軍人

直到邊界才停

In the open space, there was a mass long placed in the dark corner shadow, a gravitational mass that made you stand still and gaze at it. It was black, enormous, and dry.

The movements and connection in all the open spaces constituted a mysterious attraction.

Come, come with me

Let me guide you, like pulling a person with shrinking muscles

Let us first stretch our body

You walk fast and well

Without asking directions and the meaning

Like a hunter in sleepwalking

Won’t stop until reaching the border Edges

有一天，在布魯克林的路上，我撿到了一袋綠色汽球，螢光橘色的標籤打著，1.99。

One morning, I found a bag of green balloons on a street in Brooklyn. On the bag, a label, in the color of bright orange, read $1.99.

《1.99》

對自我內心的剖析或是釐清一些裸露的感受時，會調動人的原始反應，這是我在教堂內第一次告解時的感受。我並不信仰實質意義上的宗教，但在這第一次的告解中我發現了與我拍攝時產生了相同的一種狀態。

在教堂中拿的福音卡上印著 “跟我來” 的英文字樣，跟我來，雖然我們不知最終去向何處，但這種不斷重複、行走的狀態，恰恰與我創作的過程很相似。

每天，我在平坦的大地上行軍般地移動，過程中，我並不明確自己在找尋什麼，直到各類空地與停車場發現了我，並讓我凝望它們，以及隨處可見的色彩標誌。

在高度色彩感官刺激的背後，恰巧與我在街頭拍攝人物肖像的感受相符：熱情洋溢、友善禮貌，但隨著數量漸多，取代這種親切友好的互動是其個體背後龐大的機制系統，個體化的差異幾乎消失，只有非常少數人們的拒絕經驗，才能感受到我是在與一位真實的人互動。

這些色彩大多是實用主義的，城市成為一座巨大的遊戲場，個人成為角色，在匆忙地來去與親切的互動之下，形成一種”空殼“狀態，帶有空洞或是懸浮的意味。而這些空洞恰恰投射在那些空地之中，我在城市中遇見的空地或是停車場，它所擁有的巨大的空曠吸引我。

它的空曠來自心理層面的一種感受，人們或車輛因為它的功能性在上面短暫地停留又離去，而它的意義只有在被利用的時候才真正成立，大多數時間它成為一片容易被人忽略的空地，而這些空地都帶有一種孤獨和倔強的氣質。

它們似乎在等待一種最後的安息或是利用，並且乘載了人內在無法說明的部份。

《1.99》內頁

《1.99》

When analyzing the inner heart or clarifying some naked feelings, it will arouse the original reaction, this is how I felt when I first confessed in church. I don’t believe in religion in any substantive way, but in this first confession I found the same state that I developed when I was shooting.

The Gospel card in the church I took is printed with the words "comewith me."

"Come with me" , although we don’t know where to end up, but this state of constant repetition and walking is very similar to the process of my creation.

Everyday, I march on the flat land, and in the process, I am not clear about what I am looking for, Until all kinds of open spaces and parking lots found me, and let me gaze at them, as well as the ubiquitous color signs.

Behind the high color sensory stimuli, it coincides with my experience of taking portraits of people on the street: enthusiastic, friendly and polite, but as the number increases, replacing this kind of friendly interaction is a huge mechanism behind the individual.

The individualized differences have almost disappeared, only avery small number of people's rejection experience that can feel I am interacting with a real person.

Most of these colors are pragmatic, the city becomes a huge playground, and individuals become roles. In a hastily moving and cordialinteraction, Forming a "shell" state, with a empty or suspended emotion, And these empty are projected precisely in those open spaces, The open space or parking lot that I met in the city, the huge emptiness it has attracted me.

It's emptiness comes from the psychological level of a feeling that people or vehicles stay on it for a short time and leavebecause of its functionality. And its significance is established only when it is used, and most of the time it becomes a neglected space, which has a lonely and stubborn temperament.

They seem to be waiting for a final rest or use, and carrying the part of the human being that cannot be explained inside.