Bernice Lee

Bernice Lee is a contemporary dance artist from and in Singapore. In her creations, she deals with time as primary material. Her labours are rooted in improvisation and sees art-making as a form of social activism.

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Untitled

Third Series +

28 Jun 2019

42 Cambridge Road

In Untitled, she aims to do nothing while still showing up in person and on a screen, making a avocado sandwich using Gardenia rolls, and massaging someone's foot green.

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Local Domestic Dancer

Seventh Series +

25 April 2020

Online

'Local Domestic Dancer', the performance, can only happen once, in the privacy of my own home. In it, with only myself, my stuff, and the ghosts as witness, I daydream of everyday heroism to the tunes of Sezairi's 'Fire To The Floor'. I learnt about this song recently, because it features in The Necessary Stage's 'Those Who Can't, Teach', now online.

This video is part of my #ghosting work, where I seek to weave and collage multiple stories, even as I use my voice as a privileged woman on social media (@bleelly) and the internet. Through dancing, I attempt to reset the frame of gazing and invite audiences to pay attention to what has disappeared and can reappear.

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