footage taken by 李建平(Li Jian Ping) early 1998
李建平拍摄的照片1998年早期
document 15A_ email exchange, from: Li Jian Ping to: Gao Yue 
文件15A_李建平和高跃之间的邮件往来
early 1998
1998年早期



Gao Yue. 11 April 1998, 00.34 a.m.
高跃 1998年4月11日 00：34

Let's go to the aquarium, so I can explain how I feel. Would you come with me? I don't know what else to tell you, you're right I'm tired. But even what I feel with the sensors is real. Of course, you can't see or touch it, but I can feel it. Come with me, I can try to explain. Maybe being close to the water will help me to make you understand, even if it is so difficult. Since I've had the biggest sensors installed, I've been able to match my heartbeat with the ultrasounds, it's very similar to when you go underwater and hear the sound of the sea, you're like weightless, I become part of a blue, free world, where even my body doesn't weigh any more. How do I give up all this?

一起去水族馆吧，这样我就能解释我的感受了。你会来吗？我不知还能跟你说什么，你说的没错，我累了。但是我通过感应器感受到的一切是真的。当然，你没见过也没摸过，但我见过摸过。来吧，我会尽力使你明白。尽管这很难办，但也许近距离接触水能使我的解释更容易被你理解。因为我身上装了最大的感应器，所以我能将心跳与超声波同步，这就好比你在水下听见海浪的声音，好比你漂浮起来没有重力，我融入那个蔚蓝而自由的世界，成为它的一份子，我脱离肉体而去。这感觉完全令人欲罢不能。


Li Jian Ping. 12 April 1998, 1.10 p.m.

李建平 1998年4月12日 13：10

Maybe going to the aquarium helped me understand more. I'll never be inside what you feel, but now it's easier to understand why you can't give it up. I promise that I will try to be closer to you, to understand you more.

也许吧，去水族馆能帮助我更好地理解。我始终不能对你的体验感同身受，但现在我知道你为何无法抽离。我发誓，我会竭尽所能靠近你，最大程度地理解你。