JELENA AND THE MAGIC FLUTE: A STORY IN 12 ARTWORKS

The idea for the exhibition is to generate a sequence of works by different artists that builds a narrative in their accumulation. The works were selected sequentially following the “monomyth”; the description given by Joseph Campbell of a narrative sequence in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces that determines the plot points common among stories. The structure is so pervasive that it saturates our popular entertainment. The “stages” are, in simplified form:

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