Para Site is thrilled to welcome Hong Kong-based artist Sam Lui for a two-month residency (4 August – 20 September 2025) in its tenth-floor space.

As the third iteration of Para Site’s on-site residency programme, Lui probes her ongoing project ‘Wendy’s Wok World’—a narrative-driven performance of wok cooking as an exploration of concepts of purity, discipline and absolutism. Through the constructed persona of Wendy, an apprentice devoted to mastering the exacting philosophy of traditional Cantonese wok cooking, Lui examines how ‘authority’ is internalised and performed in cultural practices.

During the residency, Lui will spend time developing her new artist book—a reflective and archival project that translates ‘Wendy’s Wok World’ into print. The residency will serve as a space for writing, dialogue, and shared thinking, inviting the public into the process through discursive formats such as book club, group discussions, and gathering events. Additionally, open studio hours will be held every Thursday from 4–6 PM, when Lui will be available in the studio to meet and chat with the public.

Venue address: 10/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, Quarry Bay