Loudreaders Session 34
THE PLANETARY WRETCHED
A Post-Colonial Narrative Architecture Poetry BookBook Release
November 18, 2022 5:00pm CT
Download The Planetary Wretched book here.
The Planetary Wretched: A Post-Colonial Narrative
Architecture Poetry Book is an effort to publish a post-colonial critique of
architecture in book format. Learning from the critical role that poetry and
science fiction play in shaping futures of emancipation against the legacy of
the plantation, the book is equal times compositional prose and fictional
narrative.
An editorial, curatorial, and design experiment, the book was developed, co-edited, and co-designed in the seminars From Black Square to Black Reason and Post-Colonial Landscapes offered by WAI Think Tank at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The Contents of the book were developed on the occasion of an eponymous curatorial project and a series of Loudreading sessions by many of the contributors. The Planetary Wretched exists simultaneously as limited edition printed book (300 copies), free online publication, digitally archived Loudreading sessions, plays, and exhibitions that continue to mutate across platforms and media.
The book includes:
Post-Novis Manifesto by WAI Think Tank
Planetary Futures by Ellen Larson
URWA by Kordae Jatafa Henry
(Kordae’s Loudreaders Session here)
BRAZIL by Pedro Neves Marques
(Pedro’s Loudreaders Session here)
Pessoa en el Rio by Raquel Salas Rivera
(Raquel’s Loudreaders Session here)
A Risk We Will Take by Christopher Rey Perez, Shravan Arun, Poorva Choudhardy, Charlotte Elo, Michael Kleslinke, Emily Tejeda Vargas, Jeremiah Beasley, Tejumola Bayowa, Udochukwu Anidobu, Cruz Garcia, and Nathalie Frankowski
Treasure Hunt, Black Ocean by Liu Yujia
(Liu Yujia’s Loudreaders Session here)
from Tepito by Chrisopher Rey Perez
Heart of Darkness by Traumnovelle
Worldmakers Unite! A Post-Colonial Play by Post-Novis: Nathalie Frankowski, Luis Othoniel Rosa, Holly Craig, Hilary Wiese, Ophelia S. Chan, Rose Florian, Cruz Garcia
History of Human Migrations by Luis Othoniel Rosa
Summer Flowers by Wolff Architects
Lo Mejor de los dos Mundos by Francisco Javier Rodriguez
Editors:
Post-Novis
Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski / WAI Architecture Think Tank
Charlotte Elo, Shravan Arun, Tejumola Bayowa
Design:
Post-Novis
Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski / WAI Architecture Think Tank
Charlotte Elo, Shravan Arun, Tejumola Bayowa
First Published in 2021
ISBN 978-2-9544145-1-5
An editorial, curatorial, and design experiment, the book was developed, co-edited, and co-designed in the seminars From Black Square to Black Reason and Post-Colonial Landscapes offered by WAI Think Tank at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The Contents of the book were developed on the occasion of an eponymous curatorial project and a series of Loudreading sessions by many of the contributors. The Planetary Wretched exists simultaneously as limited edition printed book (300 copies), free online publication, digitally archived Loudreading sessions, plays, and exhibitions that continue to mutate across platforms and media.
The book includes:
Post-Novis Manifesto by WAI Think Tank
Planetary Futures by Ellen Larson
URWA by Kordae Jatafa Henry
(Kordae’s Loudreaders Session here)
BRAZIL by Pedro Neves Marques
(Pedro’s Loudreaders Session here)
Pessoa en el Rio by Raquel Salas Rivera
(Raquel’s Loudreaders Session here)
A Risk We Will Take by Christopher Rey Perez, Shravan Arun, Poorva Choudhardy, Charlotte Elo, Michael Kleslinke, Emily Tejeda Vargas, Jeremiah Beasley, Tejumola Bayowa, Udochukwu Anidobu, Cruz Garcia, and Nathalie Frankowski
Treasure Hunt, Black Ocean by Liu Yujia
(Liu Yujia’s Loudreaders Session here)
from Tepito by Chrisopher Rey Perez
Heart of Darkness by Traumnovelle
Worldmakers Unite! A Post-Colonial Play by Post-Novis: Nathalie Frankowski, Luis Othoniel Rosa, Holly Craig, Hilary Wiese, Ophelia S. Chan, Rose Florian, Cruz Garcia
History of Human Migrations by Luis Othoniel Rosa
Summer Flowers by Wolff Architects
Lo Mejor de los dos Mundos by Francisco Javier Rodriguez
Editors:
Post-Novis
Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski / WAI Architecture Think Tank
Charlotte Elo, Shravan Arun, Tejumola Bayowa
Design:
Post-Novis
Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski / WAI Architecture Think Tank
Charlotte Elo, Shravan Arun, Tejumola Bayowa
First Published in 2021
ISBN 978-2-9544145-1-5
