Chaklam Ng
Performance
Karen Yu (Performer)
Taurin Barrera (Projection Artist)
Adonian Chan (Sound Artist)
Building on his earlier instrument‑work Voice of Silhouette (2025), Chaklam Ng’s Shadow Work (2026) is a new interactive performance that explores the intricate triangulation of movement, light, and shadow. Challenging the boundaries between tangible gesture and intangible projection, the work reimagines shadows not merely as visual phenomena, but as performative extensions of embodied musicality.
In Shadow Work, Ng integrates live percussion with object manipulation, activating the instrument through rhythmic physicalities. A percussionist’s gestures cast shifting silhouettes onto the sound installation, which in turn trigger multi‑choral electronic responses, generating a continuous feedback loop between physical instrumentation and synthesised sound.
Image: Chaklam Ng, Voice of Silhouette, 2025. Mixed media, 1200 x 1200 x 1000 mm. Photo credit: Jockey Club Future Laboratory of Arts Tech. Courtesy of the artist.
