Letterpress Workers 2023
Printers with dirty hands
Programme
Thursday 22 June
18:30 | Types & shapes
Lpworkers present themselves and their work
Short stories of printshops, projects and typographic explorations
Friday 23 June
Letterstress
16:00 | We descend into Dauntaun, the labyrinth of Leoncavallo, the space beneath. Stickers, spray cans, graffiti
With Shah, Teatro, Vandalo
Saturday 24 June
11:00 | Typetour
A guided tour to learn more about typography and have a chat with designers
With Lucio Passerini
Following that: Stampa Latina
Some things happening on the other side of the Atlantic
With Tipomóvil (Chile) and Le pratiche dello Yajè (Italy)
16:30 | Auction
18.30 | Hannibal Letters
The walls that were there, the first pieces, their stories
With Shah, Teatro, Vandalo
20.30 | Dinner by La Terra Trema
Info and reservations on the Leoncavallo website
Location
Leoncavallo Spa
via Watteau, 7 Milano
Visitors are welcome Thursday to Friday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be a small bookstore selling prints, books and so on.
Letterpress Workers is organized by Pagina Mastro in collaboration with Museo della stampa e stampa d’arte in Lodi, and under the patronage of Aiap.
Theme
Space
Participants
- Belgium: David Maurissen, Niels Goovaerts
- Czechoslovakia: Dori Haškovcová, Nari
- Chile: Andrea Torres, Leonidas Loyola
- France: Martial Roulot
- Germany: Annegret Frauenlob, Katharina Jesdinsky
- Iceland: Ólöf Birna Garðarsdóttir
- Italy: Claudio Madella, Lucio Passerini, Paolo Cabrini, Giulia Poli, Luigi Lanfossi, Elettra Scotucci, Andrea Vendetti
- Japan: Mitsunobu Hosoyama, Haruka Nagaike
- Netherlands: Niek Smaal, Tiny Risselada, Roy Scholten, Anne Marie Koper, Sander Pinkse
- Spain: Matthias Beck
- UK: Carl Middleton, Luise Valentiner, David Armes, Becky Howson, Sophie Thomas