Project_I want to see you once, just once

I Want to See You, Just Once
2025-, Photography, moving image, and archival materials

The project emerged from the repeated journeys of fieldwork.
I had usually travelled by car directly to accommodation near the research site. Before one Spring Festival, I asked a young woman I had met through fieldwork whether she needed a ride back to her village. She then described her usual journey home: high-speed train, long-distance bus, informal rides, three-wheeled vehicles, and finally walking.

At that moment, I realised that the journeys I had considered difficult were still held together by a relatively continuous form of convenience. For her, reaching home meant completing the distance in stages, through repeated transfers, personal connections, and long periods of waiting.

I began asking women I had met through research, how they travelled to and from their villages. Their accounts gradually formed a list of routes. Following the directions they gave me, I took the same forms of transport and travelled to where each of them was, simply to meet her in person. Research ↗

我想见上你一面
2025-，摄影，影像，档案

项目源于田野工作中反复发生的往返。

过去我常常乘车直接抵达调研地附近的住宿。直到一次春节出发前，我恰好和一位在当地认识的女孩位于同一城市。我询问她需不需要搭我的车回村？随后她提到逢年过节她是如何回家的。她描述了一条由高铁、长途汽车、临时搭车、三轮车和步行共同组成的路线。在那一刻我意识到我曾觉得的舟车劳顿的辛苦也仍是建立在相对的具有连续性的便利之上。而她们的抵达需要通过换乘、熟人关系和大量等待来逐段完成。

由此，我联络了过去研究中认识的本地女性，以及在短视频平台上互相关注却尚未见面的网友，询问她们如何往返各自所在的白族、摩梭、阿卡、傣族与基诺族村落。我逐一记录她们提供的路线：从哪里出发，乘坐什么车辆，在哪里等待、如何换乘，以及最后一段路如何完成。
这些口述最终形成了一份行程列表。我依照她们所描述的交通方式，搭乘她们所搭乘的车，沿着她们日常使用的路线，前往她们所在的位置，分别与她们见上一面。

项目仍在持续进行中。
项目的研究背景、问题意识及田野方法脉络见：Research ↗

Yeyi 叶浥