Program /Programa


Summer /Verano/été 2023



Calendar / Calendario / Calendrier
Loudreaders




Loudreaders is pleased to announce the participants of the first on-site iteration of its trade school of architecture.

The 10-day multimedia program includes sessions, interventions, and workshops by Nadia Huggins (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Isabelle Jolicoeur (Haiti), Comunal / Jesica Amescua Carrera & Mariana Ordóñez Grajales (Mexico), Mark Raymond (Trinidad & Tobago / GSA Johannesburg), Marcos Barinas (Dominican Republic),  Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Barbados / USA), Estudio Ele Siete / Ching Ling Ho, Elvin Diaz (Dominican Republic), Island City Lab / Dorraine Duncan and Jhordan Channer (Jamaica), Alice Grandoit-Šutka (USA / Haiti /Denmark), Puerto Rico-based practices and authors including Mara Olivieri, La Impresora / Nicole Delgado and Amanda Hernandez, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Regner Ramos, Julio Ramos, and Post-Novis (WAI Architecture Think Tank/ Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski, Rose Florian, Hilary Wiese, Christopher Rey Perez, Holly Craig, Coco Allred, Ophelia S. Chan, Luis Othoniel Rosa)

Workshops and events will be held in a temporary library/workshop designed by Post-Novis in the gallery of the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico.

Enrollment for the program is free and open to the general public, students and professionals across disciplines. Online enrollment ends in June 1st. To apply go here.

Loudreaders se complace en anunciar a los participantes de la primera iteración del Loudreaders Trade School 

El programa multimedia de 10 días incluye sesiones, intervenciones y talleres de Nadia Huggins (San Vicente y las Granadinas), Isabelle Jolicoeur (Haití), Comunal / Jesica Amescua Carrera & Mariana Ordóñez Grajales (México), Mark Raymond (Trinidad y Tobago / GSA Johannesburgo), Marcos Barinas (República Dominicana), Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Barbados / EE.UU.), Estudio Ele Siete / Ching Ling Ho, Elvin Diaz (República Dominicana), Island City Lab / Dorraine Duncan y Jhordan Channer (Jamaica), Alice Grandoit-Šutka (EE.UU. / Haití /Dinamarca ), prácticas y autores basados en Puerto Rico, incluidos Mara Olivieri, La Impresora / Nicole Delgado y Amanda Hernandez, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Regner Ramos, Julio Ramos, y Post-Novis (WAI Architecture Think Tank / Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski, Rose Florian, Hilary Wiese, Christopher Rey Perez, Holly Craig, Coco Allred, Ophelia S. Chan, Luis Othoniel Rosa)

Los talleres y eventos se llevarán a cabo en una biblioteca/taller temporal diseñada por Post-Novis en la galería de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

La inscripción para el programa es gratuita y está abierta al público en general, estudiantes y profesionales de todas las disciplinas. La inscripción en línea finaliza el 1 de junio. Para aplicar ingresa aquí.



Ten Sessions
Loudreading and Worldmaking

Diez sesiones
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The Trade School is structured in ten days, and each day includes Loudreading sessions (with guest speakers presenting theories, ideas, and projects), and worldmaking sessions focused on the arts & crafts of the screen. In each of the worldmaking sessions, designers, architects, and authors will be in direct contact with the participants, in a creative and informal environment. 




Draft
Schedule
Friday / Viernes 23

1-2:30pmLoudreading Introduction WAI Think Tank / Luis Othoniel Rosa

3-4pmLoudreading La Impresora

4-7pmWorldmaking Estudio Ele Siete

7pmDestemming Dinner



Saturday / Sabado 24

11am-1pmDestemming Estudio Ele Siete

1-4pmWorldmaking Island City Lab

4-6pmWorldmaking Roque Raquel Salas Rivera



Sunday / Domingo 25

11amLoudreading Comunal

12-2pmDestemming Lunch Isabelle Jolicoeur + Comunal

2-5pmWorldmaking Comunal

5pmDestemming Music Mano Santa



Monday / Lunes 26

10am-12pmWorldmaking Marakiani Olivier

12-2pmDestemming Lunch Marakiani Olivier

2-5pmWorldmaking Isabelle Jolicoeur



Tuesday / Martes 27

12-2pmDestemming/Film Lunch Jason Fitzroy Jeffers

2pm-3pmLoudreading Jason Fitzroy Jeffers

3:00pmDestemming off-site Beach trip with Nadia Huggins



Wednesday / Miercoles 28

9 am- 12pm Worldmaking Jason Fitzroy Jeffers

2pm-3pmLoudreading Nadia Huggins

4-6pmWorldmaking Nadia Huggins



Thursday / Jueves 29

10am-12pmWorldmaking Marcos Barinas

2-3:30pmLoudreading Mark Raymond

4-6pmWorldmaking Regner Ramos



Friday / Viernes 30

10-11amDestemming Mark Raymond + Marcos Barinas+Nadia Huggins La Esquina

1pmDestemming Bàmbalu; Ritual & Re-Remembrance

2pmLoudreading Alice Grandoit-Šutka

4pmWorldmaking Session: Afro-diasporic Mapping



Saturday / Sabado 1 (Isabela)

9am Travel to Isabela

11amWorldmaking Christopher Rey Perez + La Impresora



Sunday / Domingo 2

10amWorldmaking Post-Novis

3pmLoudreading Julio Ramos

4pmDestemming Presentations with Loudreaders still in PR

6pmDestemming Dinner



















Loudreader Sessions are presentations  by guest speakers using books, projects, or ideas as starting principle for discussions and exchanges.

Loudreader Forums consist of several Loudreaders engaging in discussion over books, projects, or ideas.

Destemming Sessions borrow their name from the repetitive labor of removing the stems from the tobacco leaf in these sessions intended for free discussions and small and large groups

Worldmaking sessions are ‘how-to’ workshops focusing on architectural, design, artistic, and literary skills.