Hear rivers speak through Tsai Kuen-Lin's submerged recordings turned tangible clay and ceramic art
Tsai Kuen-Lin's solo exhibition does something radical: it makes rivers audible. During his residency, the artist submerged recording equipment beneath the Chao Phraya River, Ping River and Ang Kaew Lake, capturing underwater symphonies most of us will never hear. Mae Nam – Mother Water – treats these recordings as living archives rather than ambient noise. What makes this particularly compelling is his material shift: gone are the PVC pipes from earlier outdoor works, replaced now with clay and ceramics embedded with traces from those exact recording sites. Sound becomes tangible; earth meets liquid. It's an exhibition that asks you to reconsider water not as backdrop but as protagonist, carrying memories of communities who've shaped and been shaped by its currents. Wind, earth, water, fire – all four elements collapsed onto gallery walls, whispering stories we've forgotten how to hear.
Until January 10. Free. SAC Gallery, 11am-6pm