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, Stee Van Stark
MONO MYTH, Stee Van Stark

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, DEFINE AND INTERPRET EXISTENCE IN GENERAL.

MONO MYTH, Stee Van Stark
MONO MYTH, Stee Van Stark

MONO MYTH, video stills, 2023

*TRADITION [n.] – PEER PRESSURE FROM DEAD PEOPLE