21st Faith

Has the ancient myths still hold answers to the existential questions?
Can we disregard thousands of years of wisdom put into the myths?
Faith has had a history of giving morals to those who followed religious Faiths,
answering social dilemmas of current affairs. Faith through myths and stories help
the individual grasp the problem faced by many, but who do these myths serve?
Which myths are still accurate? Critical outlook on those myths and updating them
to the present is needed when tackling blind Faith.
Faith infiltrates; Faith’s structure influences our relationships and lives. How faith
is designed and physically represented within the collective has an impact on
the individual’s life. Those boundaries intrude in the morals of the individual.
Investigating the building of Faith, Leshan questions how the design of the religious
space influence the human experience of his own personal space, destructing
and reconstructing humans relationships and boundaries. See 24 , p. 88-89.
What is the influence of Faith on space? What is the influence of such space?
When the design of Faith is developed by humans, this will act as a catalyser
for behaviours to adapt to it. The design of Faith brings a responsibility to the designer
or artist to question the morals it gives to the community using such building.
Because of the power Faith imposes us, creatives are required to be critical of the Faith
they themselves chose to believe in. Because Faith is always changing its evolution and
new myths and morals should be ethically questioned. The past can teach the present
but one should be aware to not blindly go back in the past but instead learn from
the past to construct a new future.
Conclusion
21st Faith began asking the question ‘What is Faith in the 21st Century?’. Analysing
and synthesising the projects created for the exhibition, we discovered different
qualities and sides to Faith. Faith offers drive, identity, and truth and therefore plays an
important role in the shaping of human experience. Faith, when organised, can create
strong social bonds, lead to new visions and bring trust and compassion. Faith evolves
constantly, mirroring current socio-political dilemmas and influencing individuals’
reactions to the outside world.
The traditional structure of Faith has seemed to have shifted in the 21st Century. Faith
is plural in its outlet, but universal in its form. At 21st Faith, there were diverse interests
and perspectives brought to discussion and yet they all stemmed from the same desire
to follow one’s set of beliefs.
This project has led us to believe that Faith is as strong as ever. Although it seems that
fewer and fewer individuals choose to follow established religions and their dogmas,
we feel that 21st Faith brings the argument that Faith remains one of the most
important questions, and also feelings, of the 21st Century.