M is many things.
It is me, the one who stands here speaking, creating, remembering.
It is mother, a word so weighted it sometimes sinks before it swims.
It is also the mute, the unnamed, the multiplicity.
The parentheses—( )—often read as cages, walls, a kind of soft violence of separation.
In here, they mark the unseeable.
They are the veil between Self and Other,
a boundary that is not about exclusion, but about form.
A necessary contour.
An echo that reveals rather than hides.
The Other inside the brackets is not trapped—it is held.
Seen in relief.
Recognized as distinct, and still connected.
And then, HOOD.
Not a fixed geography, but a holding place.
A shifting terrain of shared becoming.
It weaves through our bodies, our memories, our care.
It is a cloth, a container, a pulse.
It morphs—sometimes warm like a shelter, sometimes heavy like a duty.
But always, it is a space that stretches to hold
M(Other)HOOD is a research-driven performative project initiated by Scarlet Yu in 2021 and collaboratively developed with Tung I-fen from its early stages. In 2023, Fan Xiang Jun joined the project, further expanding its scope and direction. The platform has unfolded across various artistic contexts, employing Knitting Meshwork as a choreographic principle to weave together practices of care, embodiment, and shared authorship.
Date Place Teams
ADAM 2021 Rehearsing (for) the Future 2021
19/12/2021 Online research presentation
with Scarlet Yu, Tung I-Fen, River Lin and Madeleine Planeix-Crocker
Taipei Performing Arts Festival - Think Bar 2022
23-25/09/2022
Concept: Scarlet Yu Mei Wah, Tung I-Fen
Research and Development Partner: River Lin
Artistic Collaboration: Ziko Yu Le Roy, Nikar Fangas, Gia Yu, Nicola van Straaten
Special Guest: Liu Ruo-Yu, Wang Meng-Chao, Hsu Ya-Fen, Dr. WuWu, Siena, Lu Chung-
Pu, Mui Cheuk-Yin, Tung Kuang-Tsan, Cho Hsiu-Ju, Chuang Shu-Ying, Chen Fu-Tsai,
Chen Liang-Mei, Chu Fen-O, Small Luk, Law Siu-Fung, Coco Pop & Chanel Pop, Pastor
Joe Pang, Chang Tien-Mei & Liang Hsiang-Hua
Space Design: Lim Xing-Yee
Key Visual: Huang Hai-Hsin
Production Partner: Fist & Cake Production
Accompanied by: Xavier Le Roy, Fangas Nayaw
Graphic Design: Lin Yu-Quan
Video and Edit: Wang Dong-Haw
Production Management: Lu Chung-Wei
Associate Production Management: Yu Huai
Stage Management: Fan Li-Ying
Technical Direction: Yeh Hsiu-Ying
Light and Sound Assistance: Chen Chieh-Liang, Liu Tsung-Po, Ke Li-Ko, Raymond Ho Kai-Chuan
Stage Assistance: Chen Kuan-Ting, Su Sheng-Hsiang, Lan Ko-Fang, Wu Yu-Ying, ChuChien-Che
ADAM - Kitchen 2023
with Tung I-Fen, Fan Xiang Jun, Scarlet yu
Production: Fist & Cake Production / Le Kwatt Association
Research funded by ADAM
Serendipity Arts Festival 2024
Concept: Scarlet Yu Mei Wah, Tung I-Fen, Fan Xiang Jun
Artistic Collaborators: Aneesha Grover, Manmeet Devgun, Sumedha Bhattacharyya
Performers: Aneesha Grover, Fan Xiang Jun, Manmeet Devgun, Tung I-Fen, Scarlet Yu Mei Wah and Sumedha Bhattacharyya
Dramaturge: Xavier Le Roy
Interview Contributors: Aranyani Bhargav, Ruchika Wason Singh, Maithili Pamwani, Nitya Iyer
Poe Chen, Dr. Wuwu, Sienna, Coco Pop & Chanel Pop, SiuFung Law, Zhang Tien-Mei, Farida Bapu
Goan Translator: Uddhav Pinge
Special Thanks: Aya Lu, Gia Yu, River Lin
Co-Production Partner: Association Le Kwatt/ Fist and Cake Production
Supported by: Goethe-Instituts / Taipei Performing Arts Center / Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation
Photo credit: Dong Haw Wang