WRITING HUGGING MUSHROOMING DANCING LIVING LOVING RESEARCHING BECOMING

WRITING HUGGING MUSHROOMING DANCING LIVING LOVING RESEARCHING BECOMING

WRITING HUGGING MUSHROOMING DANCING LIVING LOVING RESEARCHING BECOMING WRITING HUGGING MUSHROOMING DANCING LIVING LOVING RESEARCHING BECOMING

Event poster for 'Shapes of Hatching' presented by the Arts and Creativity Research Group at the University of Cambridge, scheduled for March 18, 2025, from 10:00 to 12:30 at Murray Edwards College. The poster features an abstract design with purple and orange gradient shapes on a black background.

I am an artist-researcher at the University of Cambridge. For a long time I do not know how to describe myself, because I do (too) many things – I write bilingually (journalism, non-fiction, fiction, you name it), I dance (for 20 years!), I make arts installations (with mushrooms!), I design creative embodied workshops (about hugging!), I teach, I sketch, I sing, I play (guitars and games), I made videos (digital visual arts, shall we say?), I even do interior designs…

As a result, for a long time, I was confused about my life/research direction – especially when most people tell you, you’ve got to find THE ONE into which you were determined about devoting your life.

Without finding THE ONE, I was even struggling about structuring my own website.

It took me long to realise that this discourse about perseverance and singularity was a hegemony.

Until one day, after a heck of an arduous journey, I realised – whatever I do, or feel drawn towards, they are ultimately all about Living and Loving, in diffractive modes, in multiplicity.

My research and arts practices are breathed through and born out of my moving body. I sometimes think with texts, often with other beings in relationality, always with embodied practices in everyday life.

And yes, I believe body, affects, and love are sites of knowledge – the very few bases left to resist capitalism and colonialism.

I’ll meet you there.

A small sheltered outdoor area decorated with colorful string lights and camouflage fabric, creating a cozy, festive atmosphere.

PLURIVERSE

Event poster titled 'Shapes of Hương' with abstract gradient shapes in purple, pink, and orange. Text indicates arts event by University of Cambridge, presented by Yuanting Qiu and Lushi Liu, held at Murray Edwards College on March 18, 2025, from 10:00 to 12:30.
A woman crawling through an indoor tunnel made of leafy green artificial foliage, with pink and purple lighting in the background.

Creative Art Showcases

Poster for an event titled "An Drop-in Space Embodied Experience of Mycelial Becoming" scheduled on April 2, 2025, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM at the Fitzgerald Museum Creative Studio. The poster features a black and white illustration of a cluster of mushrooms at the bottom.

Becoming MushRoom

Event poster for 'Shapes of Hatching' by Arts and Creativity Research Group, University of Cambridge, presented by Yuanting Qiu and Lushi Liu. The poster features colorful abstract shapes on a black background, with event details including date, time, and location at Murray Edwards College, March 18, 2025.

A Hugging Experiment

Poster for a workshop titled "Want to come to your city, hug you" featuring a person reaching through a hole in the wall, with details of dates and locations in Chinese characters and a QR code.
Two young people sitting on a wooden bench in a garden, playing guitar and holding a flower. Text overlay reads 'Dreambox / Sunny Day' and 'KEKI'.
Magazine cover featuring a woman in a blue t-shirt and beige wide-leg pants holding a notebook, standing against a concrete wall with large vertical Chinese text and smaller Chinese text on the left, and a QR code at the bottom left.

Journalism

Two women hugging and smiling in a cozy room with a wooden table, plants, and artwork on the walls.
Decorated outdoor space with colorful Christmas lights, red curtains, and camouflage fabric ceiling, creating a festive atmosphere.
A blurred image of a woman dancing with arms outstretched in a dark setting, with Chinese text on the right side.