[zine/小誌] Pong!

Publisher: Bouldering Art
First Edition: February 2026, Rotterdam

Pong! is a bilingual zine commemorating women workers in the fireworks industry.

In China, fireworks are not only festive items but also a sound ritual. Whether it's a baby's birth, a wedding, or the passing of a loved one, we set off fireworks to express blessings, hopes, and farewells through sound.

In my grandmother's village, almost every family was involved in fireworks production, with women undertaking the vast majority of the work. They made paper tubes, wove fuses, packaged, and sold the fireworks, expending immense physical and mental energy in the long and arduous process, but leaving almost no trace of their names or identities.

My mother and grandmother also made fireworks at home for many years. As a child, I often heard them recount their arduous labor, but I didn't truly understand the meaning behind these stories. Only after leaving my hometown did I increasingly miss them and begin to frequently chat with them, recording those forgotten labor experiences and the dangerous stories hidden behind their work.

How can women achieve true freedom by inheriting and understanding their mothers' lives? This publication combines my personal experience with feminist theory, attempting to re-examine a long-hidden social order: women's labor is not an inherent attribute, but a form of labor constantly shaped and perpetuated by the combined influence of history, social structures, and emotional bonds.

The cover of Pong! is also a poster. Readers can fold it into a paper firecracker following the instructions, and when thrown forcefully, it will produce a loud bang similar to a firework explosion.

這是一本由抱石工作室製作的紀念煙花產業中女性勞動者的雙語小誌

在中國，煙花不僅是一種節慶用品，更是一種聲音的儀式，無論是嬰兒降生、新人結婚，還是親人離世，我們都會燃放煙花，以聲音寄託祝福、祈願與告別。

在外婆生活的村莊裏，幾乎每個家庭都從事花炮製作，其中絕大部分勞動都由女性承擔。她們製作紙筒、編織引線、包裝、售賣，在漫長而繁複的生產過程中付出了大量體力與時間，卻幾乎沒有留下任何名字和痕跡。

我的母親和外婆也曾長期在家制作煙花。小時候，我常聽她們講述那些艱辛的勞動經歷，然而，我未真正理解這些故事背後的意義。直到離開家鄉以後，我越來越思念她們，也開始頻繁與她們聊天，記錄那些被遺忘的勞動經驗和隱藏在工作背後的危險故事。

女性如何通過繼承和理解母親的生活，獲得真正的自由？這本刊物將我的個人經驗與女性主義理論相結合，試圖重新審視一個長期被掩蓋的社會秩序：女性勞動並非一種天然屬性，而是在歷史、社會結構與情感紐帶的共同作用下，被不斷塑造和延續的一種勞動形式。

本書的封面同時也是一張海報。我們邀請購書的讀者按照摺疊步驟將其折成紙炮，用力甩出後，便會發出類似煙花爆裂的巨響——一同完成這個小誌的最終創作。