MOrE (墨耳)

MOrE (墨耳) is a rope artist, teacher and photographer in the Taipei area who runs the studio Shushi (束室, also called kinkLAB) in Banqiao, New Taipei City.

Path into rope

According to the profile on the studio’s site, his path began in 2014, when he was working as a photographer for the Japanese rope artist Kannagi (神凪). Moved by the rope work he was shooting, he set the camera aside, took up rope and has practiced since. The profile names no other teachers. It describes his style as joining the strict structure of Japanese shibari with the freer tension of Western rope, and presents rope as an extension of emotion and of deep trust. His photography, the same page says, concentrates on light and shadow.

Shushi

He set up Shushi in Banqiao as a base for rope practitioners: a meeting salon, a practice dojo, a photo studio with suspension points that can be rented, and a teaching space. The studio’s class pages list group workshops (basics, breakdowns of rope forms, self-tying, suspension and special topics), one-to-one lessons, private trial and couples’ classes, and flogging classes. The studio’s site is in Chinese and English. Recurring events include a rope-drawing salon with a small market, a Freak Night with BDSM talks, kinky parties, board-game social days and the performance series 繩間劇場 (Shibari Performance). His link page also offers rope technical support for film, television and photo shoots, and a weekly Wednesday salon at the studio.

Performances and competition

The profile lists him as the resident rigger on one Tuesday each month at 繩縛不羈夜, the rope night at the Taipei bar Commander D, and as a rigger booked for private parties. Its list of performances runs from a 繩間劇場 show at Just Diner in Taichung in 2021, through 夢繩繪 Vol. 2 at Commander D in 2022 and 墨跡 in Kaohsiung in 2024, to two 繩間劇場 productions at Shushi: 眼觀六路 in 2024, made with the venue Cats Downstairs (貓樓上), and 黑灰白 in 2025. A 2026 event in Kaohsiung, 《以愛之名：BDSM之行》 at 如繩坊, is also listed. In 2024, the profile says, he won the overall title at Taiwan’s first BDSM competitive performance contest, held at CHINERO in Taipei, and it lists further monthly, seasonal and final wins in competition.

Film and television

In 2023 he guided and helped film BDSM scenes and rope technique for the Taiwanese television series 模仿犯 and for the film 破浪男女, which his profile also lists under the title 腦動大開. At the 61st Golden Horse Awards in 2024, 墨耳 was one of five members of the 破浪男女 team nominated for Best Action Choreography, according to the nominee list published by NOWnews; his profile describes the nomination as being for rope action direction. The profile adds a nomination at the 2025 Taipei Film Festival for the same work.