Huw Lemmey, Unknown Language: Preview Reading and Life Discussion (Online-Event)
Long before the collapse of the Information Age, in the twelfth century since the appearance of the prophet Christ, young Hildegard of Bingen finds grace in the ruins of her medieval world. After the great cataclysm and the Angelic power struggle that follows, Hildegard flees the City of God and embarks upon a pilgrimage towards the kingdom of the poor. In this story of survival and miracles, Hildegard encounters love, both queer and divine, and great peril.
On the planet Avaaz, in a sea cave with cracked amethyst walls, Pinky Agarwalia finds fragments of a beautiful codex thought to be lost during the evacuation of Earth in the third millennium. To unlock this mystic toolkit, Pinky must decipher its strange symbols and illuminations. Lingua ignota, Hildegard’s unknown language, arrives for a world in flux, one whose coordinates are being recast.
Unknown Language is a mutant fiction of speculative mysticism, featuring time travel, visions and inner paths to outer space. Scheduled for release with Ignota Books on the Feast Day of Hildegard of Bingen, 17 September 2020, the book includes an introductory story by Bhanu Kapil and an afterword by Alice Spawls.
Join us for a preview reading and life discussion on 10 June, 2020 at 18:00
With
Huw Lemmey
Organized by
Amelia Groom
Venue
ICI Berlin (Online Event).
Please register in advance via info@ici-berlin.org