C41 Magazine Issue 13 — Contemporary Mythologies

Men have always needed to believe in something. It is what gives an order to the chaos of existence. Having outgrown traditional religions, in favour of increasingly widespread atheism, new forms of belief are emerging, that similarly dominate our lives. That’s what we mean by contemporary mythologies. Some are positive reference points that guide our lives, while others become real cages. At a time when there seems to be nothing left to believe in, what are the myths we still cling to?