Emrys Thurgood
The Stars that Forgot the Sky
Emrys Thurgood is an artist who emphasises storytelling and the unreal to explore intangible experiences. Through the creation of uncanny characters and spaces for them to inhabit, they depict themes such as mental health and gender-queerness in a playful manner. They often play with physical fabrication and digital manipulation to further imbue their work with a dissociative lens.
‘The Stars That Forgot the Sky’ follows a boy and his two imaginary, star-headed friends through a world of the boy’s imagination. This project explores the experiences of derealisation and genderqueerness, considering how they overlap to create a world where mind and body become unreal.
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