Sitting is a performative project by Prague Quiet Music Collective created in collaboration with the tea studio Meetea. It offers a unique experience that brings together the Chinese tea ritual gong fu cha and live music, returning to the roots of tea drinking as a contemplative practice in classical Chinese culture. Historically, such rituals were often accompanied by the guqin — a Chinese zither whose quiet, delicate sound was not intended for festivities or ensemble playing, but for intimate, meditative performance.

Sitting draws inspiration from this tradition, translating its contemplative sonic quality into a contemporary context. The musical layer unfolds live, moving between composition and improvisation, and is shaped by the temporal structure of the gong fu cha tea preparation — from the initial preparations to the repeated infusions. Music and ritual interweave, creating a shared time-space that invites attention to detail, breath, silence, and the present moment. Rather than presenting tea as a beverage, Sitting approaches it as the center of a ritual encounter.