myth and logic

 To the Hellenic mind logos and mythos, ‘reasoning’ and ‘myth’ are two antithetic modes of thought. The former includes everything that can be stated in rational terms, all that pertains to objective truth, and appears the same to all minds. The latter concerns the imagination, all that cannot be subject to verification, but contains truth in itself or, and this amounts to the same thing, in powers of persuasion arising out of its own beauty. 1 

The past informs the work, in terms of the recorded social history of the Samford area and also the way memory is central to understanding the human condition. 2  This body of work questions the relationship of myth and logic in our contemporary society.  

References:
1 Larousse World Mythology Edited by Pierre Grimal Published 1965 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group p.972
2 Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzman, Chile, Documentary shown at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane