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Mylyn Nguyen

- Sometimes I’m too boring for my imaginary friends, 2019

  • Mylyn Nguyen 2019 - Exhibition install
    Mylyn Nguyen 2019
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Ham and coriander sandwich
    Ham and coriander sandwich
  • Mylyn Nguyen - I am brave
    I am brave
  • Mylyn Nguyen - The comfort of packaging material
    The comfort of packaging material
  • Mylyn Nguyen - That’s a lot of pressure for any kid
    That’s a lot of pressure for any kid
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Cubby house
    Cubby house
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Cardboard box hug
    Cardboard box hug
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Sometimes all you need is an afternoon nap
    Sometimes all you need is an afternoon nap
  • Mylyn Nguyen - The creation of a monster black hole
    The creation of a monster black hole
  • Mylyn Nguyen - I’ll be gone for only a minute
    I’ll be gone for only a minute
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Fighting evil by moonlight
    Fighting evil by moonlight
  • Mylyn Nguyen - The ant whisperer
    The ant whisperer
  • Mylyn Nguyen - The Swedish Match Store
    The Swedish Match Store
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Falbury Farm
    Falbury Farm
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Swimming Pool
    Swimming Pool
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Lost Cat Poster
    Lost Cat Poster
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Help, girl stuck in tree
    Help, girl stuck in tree
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Peter?
    Peter?
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Shh.. A tiny city sleeps
    Shh.. A tiny city sleeps
  • Mylyn Nguyen - All I want is a room somewhere
    All I want is a room somewhere
  • Mylyn Nguyen - New York
    New York
  • Mylyn Nguyen - tiny mountain set
    Tiny mountain set
  • Mylyn Nguyen - I’m scared of sleeping
    I’m scared of sleeping
  • Mylyn Nguyen - She just needs someone to self-talk to
    She just needs someone to self-talk to
  • Mylyn Nguyen - All dreams, a reality for tiny cat
    All dreams, a reality for tiny cat
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Waiting for my uncle to finish his pack of matches
    Waiting for my uncle...
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Tiny house
    Tiny house
  • Mylyn Nguyen - bee 1
    Bee
  • Mylyn Nguyen- Ceaseless crossing
    Ceaseless crossing
  • Mylyn Nguyen - Karma gave me three ducks
    Karma gave me three ducks

VIDEOS

  • Mylyn Nguyen - a plastic bag (animation)
    A plastic bag (animation)

Mylyn Nguyen

8 to 26 May

MAY SPACE

» Exhibition Catalogue

     I always wanted imaginary friends but I couldn’t get any. When I was little my greatest comfort was cardboard boxes. Big ones, small ones, matchbox ones. If I couldn’t have imaginary friends, at least I could make a home for one and hope they would like it enough to make friends with me.
     Sometimes I would sit in an empty cardboard box for hours; savouring the dim, browny-hued darkness and warm paper smell. When I was about 20, I made one. I couldn’t decide if he was a bear or a human, so he is half: a man wearing a bear head. He still appears now sometimes to pat me on my head when I accidentally step in a puddle of water and get my socks all wet so I have to spend the rest of the day walking around with squishy shoes or when I drop my egg, mid-peel, into the bin.

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Mylyn Nguyen

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