From musicians and filmmakers to authors and artists, creators working in every medium and around the world continue to find inspiration in Joseph Campbell’s work. Our Campbell in Culture database is where we collect, share, and celebrate examples of the mythologist’s impact on today’s popular culture.
The title of the current exhibition showing at Heide Museum of Modern Artis an apt one as Terminus alludes to a finishing point or the attaining of a final goal. This notion of a quest, popularized by researcher of comparative mythologies Joseph Campbell and his idea of the hero’s journey, is individual in practice but universal in nature. For Campbell, it was here that the artist plays a vital role by capturing the potency of the human experience through the act of creating. The centerpiece of the show is five new virtual reality artworks experienced through Oculus Rift headsets which take the wearer on a fantastical VR journey. To read more about Terminus, click here.