[pocketed grounds] ↔ ([[o]]) Bells – Cheri Tang Tsz-wai Solo Exhibition

[兜土] ↔ ([[o]]) 鈴 — 鄧芷蔚個人展覽

Programme Details

06 – 10.05.2026
Admission fee
JPY 400 (with tea)
Opening Hours 18:00 ‒ 21:00 (WED, THU)｜12:00‒21:00（FRI, SAT, SUN）

Artist Sharing 10.05.2026 (SUN)
Time: from 19:00
Admission fee
JPY 1000 (with food and 1 drink)

@ Art Center Ongoing
1 Chome-8-7 Kichijoji Higashicho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-0002, Japan

The artist sharing will be conducted in English.

With the support of soundpocket and Art Center Ongoing, Cheri Tang Tsz-wai is currently undertaking a one-month artist residency in Tokyo. Rooted in a fascination with the acoustic potential of clay bodies, Cheri’s practice invites the audience to join her in uncovering the unique sonic personalities embedded in everyday matter.

In Hong Kong Cheri works with ceramics and often reflects on her reliance on commercial clay, feeling disconnected from the local earth. During this journey to Tokyo, she has extended her ongoing project 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 from Hong Kong to the geological and urban landscapes of Japan. Her process is one of direct, quiet engagement: from construction sites, the city’s soil memory; from historic ceramic centers, locally mined clays. This is soil with memory – earth that remembers where it has been, what has passed over it, and what has been buried beneath it.

This exhibition is an expression of a material dialogue between the artist and the land. By blending these clays with industrial elements and field recordings from visited locations, Cheri has created a series of ceramic sound bodies – resonant vessels that give voice to the spirit of their origin. They are ([[o]]): an opening, a mouth, an ear, a threshold, a hollow that knows the shape of giving.

Cheri Tang Tsz-wai is supported by soundpocket’s Artist Support Programme 2025–26.


在聲音掏腰包與合作夥伴 Art Center Ongoing 的支持下，鄧芷蔚現正於東京進行為期一個月的駐留。基於對陶泥的潛在聲音的興趣，鄧芷蔚的創作邀請觀眾與她一起發掘日常物質中蘊藏的獨特聲音特質。

在香港做陶藝創作時，鄧芷蔚較常接觸到商業陶土，因此常常感到與香港的土壤疏離。在這個駐留中，她將持續進行的「兜土」計劃從香港延伸至日本的地質與都市景觀。她的創作過程是一種直接而靜謐的互動：從建築工地汲取城市的土壤記憶；從歷史悠久的陶藝中心採集當地開採的陶土。這是蘊含記憶的土壤—— 盛載它曾歷經何處、曾有何物踏過，以及埋藏的事物。

本次展覽是藝術家與土壤對話的呈現。透過將這些陶泥與工業元素及造訪地點的田野錄音融合，鄧芷蔚創造出一系列陶泥聲音裝置——這些容器為其起源的靈魂賦予了聲音。它們是 ([[o]])：一個開口、一張嘴、一隻耳朵、一道門檻，一個知曉給予之形狀的空洞。

鄧芷蔚為聲音掏腰包「藝術家支援計劃」2025 – 26 獲選藝術家。

Visual Design by Lam Man Chi
視覺設計: 林文枝