Emilia Evans-Munton

Emilia Evans-Munton's degree show was an incredible, monumental sock monkey appearing to be left behind by a giant, measuring 18 metres.

          Remember I’m Still Here (2025)

"The piece is an ode to the toys that are left behind, and the painful pang of loosing one’s favourite toy as a child. It lies there in sun, wind, rain and storm; initially pristine, gradually becoming more battered and bruised by the weather, literally having been left behind by the artist, yet discovered by the audience during the duration of its presence at the art school. As well as appearing to have been left behind by its previous owner, the sculpture also appears to have been dispelled from the building and the degree show itself by existing outside, without shelter and vulnerable to the weather. For the sculpture to exist on such a large scale, to take up so much space outside of the school nods to the feeling of rejection of craft qualities in the art school.

The love for the soft toy, is shown through the disfigurement it attains from play. The more bashed and deflated a soft toy is, the more it has been loved; a beautiful paradox. The interaction from the audience allows the rediscovery of  their love for their once favourite toys, all the while showering the sock monkey with a newfound love. The scale of the toy reduces adults to a childlike scale, sparking play and wonder amongst onlookers. Maybe it hasn’t been left behind after all."

Below: 'A new friend'