Our baser nature yearns for transcendence. When confronted with a fractured memory, we gather the shards & splitters, piece them together within a frame that elevates our roles, lends higher meaning to our lives
The myths we create may be born from imagination & our propensity to perceive patterns even in a void. That doesn’t negate their validity or power. For often, the fabricated holds up the more faithful mirror to our inner reality, with the potential to catalyse change & revelation, than what lies within the immediate ken of our senses
My investigation into myth & memory began on a personal level, shifting to the scale of a city with New York. For more than anywhere else, this city exists as both geographic entity & ideal. Its dominant narrative of material success & the “American Dream” makes it perfect for an exercise in re-imagination & historical revisionism. To dream up an alternate reality, a transcendental mythology for this mythic city
