TRAILER – HD Video 00’42’’, 2019/23
MONO MYTH
MONO MYTH
IF SOMETHING HAD BEEN DONE A CERTAIN WAY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IT BECOMES A TRADITION* – BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A NATURAL, UNIVERSALLY CORRECT WAY. IT'S THE SAME WITH STORIES AND HOW WE INTERPRET LIFE - PROBABLY, THERE'S NO STRUCTURE OR EVEN GOAL INHERENT IN THE HUMAN PSYCHE. ALL TRADITIONS AND STRUCTURES ARE ARTIFICIAL.
MONO MYTH, video stills, 2023
THE TERM MONO MYTH FIRST APPEARED IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY AND WAS POPULARIZED BY JOSEPH CAMPBELL AS THE HERO'S JOURNEY, BASED ON CARL JUNG'S RESEARCH AND DESCRIPTION OF ARCHETYPES. THE INTENTION OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO EXPAND THE TERM TO THE BORING WAYS WE LIVE AND DEFINE AND INTERPRET EXISTENCE IN GENERAL.
MONO MYTH, video stills, 2023
*TRADITION [n.] – PEER PRESSURE FROM DEAD PEOPLE