Sip of Zen
Sound Installation

Sip of Zen is a sound installation by sound artist and instrument designer Chaklam Ng (吳澤霖), presented as part of deTour 2026 – design festival at PMQ元創方. The festival runs 20–29 November 2026 with free admission. The work draws on the long resonance of bar glasses. A microphone picks up the glass's natural resonance while gentle turntable vibrations sustain it, producing clear singing-bowl-like tones. When a group raises and lowers their glasses together, the overlapping frequencies form a collective resonance like many people sounding a single bowl. The installation continues Ng's "Sound Unfollows Function" philosophy, placing sound into everyday objects and reshaping social interaction. It focuses attention on the moment of a toast and the act of listening.