Monomyth - An Interactive Art Experience in Detroit

MONOMYTH was an art installations at Lincoln Street Art Park and Sculpture Garden in Detroit, Michigan from May 3-June 13. A course of three-dimensional, interactive art inside the labyrinth, inspired by the mythical hero’s journey, will be open for participants to walk through. This archetypal pattern in myths has been called Monomyth by mythologist Joseph Campbell. Participants heed a call to ad

venture, receive counsel, pass through a gateway to other worlds, get entangled in challenges, encounter love, temptation and even death. Ultimately, they will discover a prize the quest led them to and then return to the known world. The installations has been created by local artists, including Joe Lapham, DVS, Stephanie May, Sicilily Amaris Raven, Monique Pettway, Linden (formerly exhibiting as Lindsey Harnish), Mike Ross, John Finazzo, Terri Light, JoJo Smedo and Alana Carlson. Each contributing artist has created an interactive element to MONOMYTH, with sculptures, weavings, structures and more that are intended to recreate an element of the hero’s journey.