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Archive · Singapore · since 2018

Mira Lim

Art director in Singapore. Collects cinemas, coffee counters and small islands.

317 experiences·76 films·44 books·39 albums·26 places

317 layers · 20182026

2026

22 experiences

2025

75 experiences

September 2025

  1. 27One Battle After AnotherWatched · Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. 27Getting KilledListened · Geese
  3. 19Brooklyn Bridge at 6amHappened · New York
  4. 19BleedsListened · Wednesday
  5. 18Whitney MuseumVisited · New York
  6. 17Maybe Happy EndingSaw · Belasco Theatre · Broadway
  7. 16
    Restaurant16 Sept
    “The insalata verde is famous for a reason. It's lettuce. It's perfect.”
    Via CarotaAte at · West Village
  8. 15Just KidsRead · Patti Smith · New York
  9. 14The High LineVisited · New York
  10. 14Russ & DaughtersAte at · Lower East Side
  11. 13MoMAVisited · New York
  12. 12New YorkTravelled · New York
  13. 06Hollow Knight: SilksongPlayed · Team Cherry

May 2025

  1. 25The RehearsalWatched · Nathan Fielder
  2. 17Dream CountRead · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  3. 13AndorWatched · Tony Gilroy
  4. 11Columbia Road Flower MarketVisited · London
  5. 10Ichiko AobaSaw live · Ichiko Aoba · Barbican Hall
  6. 10Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Played · Sandfall Interactive
  7. 09
    Restaurant9 May
    “Clay pot glass noodles at the counter, flames a metre from my face.”
    KilnAte at · Soho
  8. 08
    Restaurant8 May
    “A whole turbot over wood. The best thing I ate in 2025 and it's not close.”
    BratAte at · Tomos Parry · Shoreditch
  9. 07Leigh Bowery!Visited · Tate Modern · London
  10. 06
    Exhibition6 May
    “The permanent collection is a wall of every object that shaped a century. Stood there naming them like a nerd.”
    Design MuseumVisited · Kensington
  11. 05GiantSaw · Harold Pinter Theatre · London
  12. 03London, againTravelled · London

March 2025

  1. 24
    Restaurant24 Mar
    “Jang, aged for years, on everything. Told the chef it tasted like my grandmother's kitchen and meant it as the highest compliment.”
    MinglesAte at · Mingoo Kang · Seoul
  2. 23Seongsu-dongVisited · Seoul
  3. 22Human ActsRead · Han Kang · Seoul
  4. 22Leeum Museum of ArtVisited · Seoul
  5. 22For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)Listened · Japanese Breakfast
  6. 21Bukchon Hanok VillageVisited · Seoul
  7. 21
    Café21 Mar
    “A hanok full of pastries. Sat on the floor with a pandoro and my laptop, felt like a film about a freelancer.”
    Cafe Onion AngukSat in · Seoul
  8. 21
    Series21 Mar
    “Season two finale. The marching band. Ran to the window at the end like an idiot.”
    SeveranceWatched · Dan Erickson
  9. 20SeoulTravelled · Seoul
  10. 15AdolescenceWatched · Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne
  11. 08Laneway FestivalAttended · Gardens by the Bay
  12. 01Mickey 17Watched · Bong Joon-ho

2024

79 experiences

November 2024

  1. 30All We Imagine as LightWatched · Payal Kapadia
  2. 23AnoraWatched · Sean Baker
  3. 22GNXListened · Kendrick Lamar
  4. 15Teshima Art MuseumVisited · Rei Naito & Ryue Nishizawa · Teshima
  5. 15
    Moment15 Nov
    “A public bath designed by an artist, with an elephant on the wall. Sat next to a fisherman who explained the ferry timetable in detail.”
    Bath at I♥湯Happened · Naoshima
  6. 14Chichu Art MuseumVisited · Tadao Ando · Naoshima
  7. 14Benesse HouseVisited · Naoshima
  8. 14Waited for the pumpkin to be emptyHappened · Naoshima
  9. 13Norwegian WoodRead · Haruki Murakami
  10. 13Long SeasonListened · Fishmans
  11. 1221_21 Design SightVisited · Roppongi
  12. 12
    Restaurant12 Nov
    “Truffle ramen. Sounds like a crime, isn't.”
    TsutaAte at · Yoyogi-Uehara
  13. 11Golden GaiVisited · Shinjuku
  14. 10
    Place10 Nov
    “A bookshop you could live in. Bought four magazines I can't read.”
    Daikanyama T-SiteVisited · Tokyo
  15. 10
    Café10 Nov
    “Norwegian coffee, 1960s furniture, a cocktail bar after dark. All my personalities in one room.”
    Fuglen TokyoSat in · Tomigaya
  16. 09
    Exhibition9 Nov
    “Instagram with better lighting. The kids in there were having the time of their lives, though.”
    teamLab BorderlessVisited · Azabudai Hills
  17. 08Tokyo & the islandsTravelled · Japan
  18. 02
    Event2 Nov
    “Saw a poet read for eight minutes and forgot the week.”
    Singapore Writers FestivalAttended · Singapore

2023

52 experiences

2022

28 experiences

2021

19 experiences

2020

20 experiences

2019

13 experiences

2018

9 experiences