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“Hyperbolic Sericulture” by undergraduate architecture student Ellis Donahue takes inspiration from arachnid and lepidoptera silk spinning to create a landscape of traversable thresholds upon which visitors can climb, hang, and rest. See more @prattsoa.

Follow @pratt_institute_jewelry for updates from the ongoing Pratt Shows, such as Jaeil You’s functional “Lamp Ring 1 (LR-01)” from the recent BFA Jewelry Thesis Exhibition.

Film/Video student Mackie Mallison is screening the experimental documentary Chuu Chuu as part of the Documentary Shorts lineup at the Atlanta Film Festival, available to watch virtually through May 1.

The spring 2022 issue of the student-run literary magazine The Prattler is now available in print and online. Themed on “Education,” it includes stories on the depth of resources in Pratt Libraries, a comparison between students studying art and medicine, and a student’s experience coming to New York from Puerto Rico.

Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives by Stefan Al, visiting associate professor in Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD), is out now from W. W. Norton. Al spoke about the book on American Public Media’s Marketplace, and it was reviewed in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

The BFA Sculpture & Integrated Practices Thesis Show is now on view through May 8 on the Brooklyn campus in the DeKalb Gallery and Schafler Gallery. See more @prattfineart.

The Brooklyn Rail reviewed From Forces to Forms which is on view at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery through April 27. The exhibition explores the nature of form by engaging with the potent forces and processes of nature.

Historic Preservation students visited EverGreene Architectural Arts Studio as part of their Materials Conservation class and explored Central Park to observe how materials change over time. The class is led by faculty members Theodore Prudon and Debora Barros. See more @prattpreservation.

Longtime industrial design faculty member Scott VanderVoort, BID ’98, has a solo show at Art Cake in Brooklyn. On view through April 20, it includes the artist’s recent paintings and sculptures.

Through September 3 in Reset: Towards a New Commons at the Center for Architecture in Manhattan, design teams that include several School of Architecture faculty members and students are exhibiting ideas for how spaces could be designed for all. Faculty David Burney, Caitlin Cahill, Jerrod Delaine, and Deborah Gans, and students Catherine Chattergoon and Jared Rice, worked on Re:Play Reclaiming the Commons Through Play. Faculty Karen Kubey worked on Aging Against the Machine.