Graphic Design
Xiwen Xu
The
interactive nature of my thesis presents an emotional fingerprint of memory and
experience, articulating how emotional complexity binds us to each other and to
ourselves, every emotion is valuable.
Joy. Love. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Surprise.
When I suffered from depression, I felt nothing but the numbness of self-denial.
Coming out of my depression, I acknowledged the depth of those feelings and felt alive knowing I had the capacity to experience such a range of deep emotion. I built an expanded arsenal of empathy and sensitivity. When I feel intensely, I am living.
Feeling is critical to our existence. My thesis builds on my own experience, and invites users to acknowledge, capture and reflect their own emotions. My installation creates the space for an audience to expose and illuminate their interiors—whether joy, love, fear, anger, sadness, surprise. The interactive nature of my thesis presents an emotional fingerprint of memory and experience, articulating how emotional complexity binds us to each other and to ourselves.
These experiences make us human. Accept all the emotions you have, live the colorful life you are in.
Joy. Love. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Surprise.
When I suffered from depression, I felt nothing but the numbness of self-denial.
Coming out of my depression, I acknowledged the depth of those feelings and felt alive knowing I had the capacity to experience such a range of deep emotion. I built an expanded arsenal of empathy and sensitivity. When I feel intensely, I am living.
Feeling is critical to our existence. My thesis builds on my own experience, and invites users to acknowledge, capture and reflect their own emotions. My installation creates the space for an audience to expose and illuminate their interiors—whether joy, love, fear, anger, sadness, surprise. The interactive nature of my thesis presents an emotional fingerprint of memory and experience, articulating how emotional complexity binds us to each other and to ourselves.
These experiences make us human. Accept all the emotions you have, live the colorful life you are in.
