Para Site

Drawing as Portal

Date
Jan 17, 2026
Time
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Venue

10B, Wing Wah Industrial Building
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

2–3:30pm Cantonese
4:30–6pm English
Registration open in January 2026

 

In mystical Islamic practice and among the displaced coastal Pakistani communities, drawing is invoked as a remedy in times of crisis—a powerful tool believed to retrieve lost connections and summon new ones.

Inspired by this belief and by literary depictions of Hong Kong’s cityscape, the workshop invites participants to reconceive drawing as a conceptual portal—a doorway to another world, a magical gate that unlocks hidden memories.

The event, led by artist and educator Michelle Lee Ho Wing, opens with a brief reading of an excerpt by Xi Xi as a prompt, followed by collaborative drawing exercises and dialogues that move through both external surroundings and inner mental landscapes, uncovering unseen presences.

About

Michelle Lee Ho Wing obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She conceives a framework through archival research and creative practices in imaging and installation art. She also participates in the content development of museum learning programs, and delivers site-specific and interactive learning experiences.

Michelle’s artistic practice centers on dispersal, circulation and transformation of matters. Her research projects explore the historical space of libraries, and the circulation of the looted library books in placement. She establishes rhizomatic interpretations that resonate with the original archival materials and social circumstances. Her projects include ‘(Trans)Media Painting and Drawing’, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich (2017), Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018, S. Korea (2018) , ‘Café do Brasil’, Para Site, Hong Kong (2019), Waley Galay Art Artist-in-residency open call, Taipei, Taiwan (2022), ‘To the Ordinary People Walking in Wanhua’, Taipei, Taiwan (2022 – 2023) and Green Island Biennale 2025, Taiwan (2025).