BU2020_Catalogue_ForEvan_April28_Pages

Untitled, 2019. Silkscreen. 12 × 19 in.
XIWEN XU
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.
44 Graphic Design