Finding Mango

Finding Mango is a project formed for the purpose of finding ones true self in today's society. What parts of us are formed and molded by the culture today and how can we break free if we are tired of going with the flow? If you have an urge to wear something that's not 'in', say something that might be crossing boundaries, or do something that someone might not know how to respond to... what stops you from doing those things? These questions are the questions we are trying to answer through this blog. 

In this study we will be following the inspiration for this project, Lauren Kratz. Lauren is a performing artist from Denver, and on June 15th at 7:30 p.m. she will forsake her birth name of Lauren Kratz and legally change her name to Mango as part as a performance at The Edge in Denver. We will follow her transformation and delve into  her rebirth process with a series of photos and video blogging. Excited to push the boundaries and test the infrastructure of modern society we will talk with Lauren and document this momentous decision to change her life into a performance that IS Mango. 

Who told us we couldn't? And are the ones that make the rules really correct in deciding how we should behave? How much of our culture is based on an old fashion system in a new world that is wanting to break free and act in new ways society has never allowed us? 

These are the frontiers we are exploring, these are the boundaries we will be pushing, and this is the journey, of 

Finding Mango. 

Join us on our adventure.