Mackenzie Monroy

Artist statement

Hello my name is Mackenzie and I am thankful that you are checking out my work! I hope this challenges your thinking about how you view the following emotions. The media for this project is physical posters so it can emphasize certain colors and/or feelings.

This project was partly inspired by the movie Inside Out and taking that concept with a darker more comedical twist in the form of retail/business. Each emotion that you walk through will have a different form of deliverance and have an everyday life style to it almost. Be confused because emotions are very complex even if you think you have them down - you don't.

Starting from the ground, there was a lot of research that I didn’t even know I needed. I had originally thought of doing a website that would entail people going to buy emotions from a store. Then after some talking with people it moved to a possible game, and from there more research and hoping to simplify. Failure was a very close companion of mine. I’ve had to restart many times to get the idea delivered how I wanted for people to understand. After some long nights and talking with more friends, classmates and some professors I was able to come up with an idea that not only delivered what I wanted, but also translated correctly. I will not lie when I thought this would have been easier, but the failures helped me get here more than anything else.