Katabasis, Myth, Memory and Architecture with Richard England

Join renowned architect, artist and poet Richard England for a fascinating illustrated lecture exploring Katabasis – a visionary descent into the mythic underworld. Through a powerful combination of chimerical drawings, prose-poetry and storytelling, England will recount his imagined journey through the Stygian netherworld, guided by the tormented shades of Cain and Judas. Along the way, he encounters a procession of spectral figures and explores the allegorical architecture of the Citadels of the Seven Capital Sins. Fusing word and image, the lecture takes the audience on a dream-like odyssey inspired by mythology, literature, architecture and the enduring human fascination with journeys into the world of the dead. At once visual, literary and deeply imaginative, Katabasis offers a rare opportunity to experience Richard England's distinctive creative world, where architecture, art and poetry come together in a compelling mythopoetic journey. “Never has a mortal man with flesh and bones come to Hades’ house while still alive.” — Homer