Valerie Lim

Valerie’s artistic practice often deals with the universal but often isolating experiences of mortality and grief. Her work, Being Mortal is honest, sensorial, deeply intimate, and a wonderfully alive work about death. What you will see next is a compilation of scores created or modified over the course of [CP]3 – they include both scores from Being Mortal and from group activities.

Close your eyes and focus on your breath.
Close your eyes and focus on your skin.
Close your eyes and focus on your bones.
Grab a chewy food item. Play sound. Close your eyes. chew in slow motion. How slow can you go?
Grab a piece of chocolate. Close your eyes. How long can you hold it in your mouth without swallowing it? Do not eat it, but keep it in your mouth.
Grab a warm drink. Play sound. Close your eyes. Take a sip and feel the warm liquid traveling down your body. How far down can you feel it?

Valerie holds a BSc (Hons.) in Political Science from National University of Singapore and a B.A (Hons.) Dance from LASALLE College of the Arts. Currently, she is an independent artist based in Singapore and an associate Artist with Dance Nucleus and P7:1SMA. Her current artistic practice involves cross training between different movement practices. The mysteries of the human body, multi-disciplinary and immersive works deeply thrill her. Her work often deals with the universal but often isolating experiences of mortality and grief. She believes life must be spent pursuing what makes us feel the most alive.