熱鬧 (yeet nao) is a multi-channel sound installation that takes inspiration from the Cantonese expression 熱鬧 (yeet nao), meaning lively or hot and noisy. For many in the East and Southeast Asian diaspora, the sounds of mahjong tiles clicking together evoke a familiar and inviting comfort for family reunions. This installation of collaged field recordings has been adapted for MOCA and is presented in the South Stairwell. The work is one of a series of public programmes and interventions by members of the collective Tea Base in response to Michael Lin’s Archipelago. 熱鬧 (yeet nao) stands in stark contrast to the relative quietness of MOCA and the lack of being in relation to others during the state of lockdown during the fall and winter of 2020-2021. It also comes at a time when the collective Tea Base has been renovicted from the Chinatown Centre Mall. The artists add: “Although the isolation in our communities is (hopefully) temporary, this separation also speaks to the larger processes of assimilation across generations, loss of language, and rapid neighbourhood redevelopment that have impacted migrant communities across the continent.”