vAL (he/him) is an adopted identity of artist Corey Scott-Gilbert. vAL’s agenda is to further understand the mental state from which creation springs; concerned with sketches of possibility unconfined by genre, gender, demographic or any other limitation placed on the individual by society. The artist’s personal history of movement serves as a vehicle for interrogating their own breath, often collaging word-play and physical utterance which often serve as the foundation for their multidisciplinary playgrounds. vAL uses each creative process as an opportunity to analyze and rediscover truths that forge beyond current conformities to make space for alternative realities of otherness. vAL highlights the absurdities of an abysmal, limiting and globally omnipresent social condition, presenting curated realities where joys are not sought after but rather devoured as a means to restore a malnourished existence. The work is made to lay adjacent to the conundrums of our current world and reflect hopes that align with catharsis.