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Dear Laura,

Thanks for your appreciation.

Below is the answers from Liu Bolin.

Best wishes,

John

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我把自己的身体涂上颜色，融入到环境当中，最后拍成照片这是一个过程。因为我要靠照片来记录我的过程，我最终呈现的是我的逐步融入这个环境的一个过程。照片只是记录。

I paint color on my body and camouflage into the environment. And I will take pictures, since I need to use the camera to record this process. The photography will show the process that I camouflage into the environment step by step.

如果背景不是很复杂的话，涂画的过程大约需要一天的时间。如果复杂的话，像这张手机的作品，可能需要三天左右。

If the background is not complex, the whole process of painting might take around one day. However, if it is complex, like the Mobile Phone, it will need around 2 days.

作品中我是消失在背景中的，所以说，背景所传递的信息都会在我的作品中传达出来。比如说，我会用我的作品来记录整个人类，而不仅仅是中国的，发展中的问题，比如手机这张作品。

I express the meaning of my work through the background, since I hide in the background. I will try to use my works to record the step of development of not only the China, but also the human race. Like this work Mobile Phone.