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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Benjamin Krusling was awarded a 2025 Nightboat Poetry Prize. Of over 900 submissions, three manuscripts were chosen for publication. Krusling’s manuscript Fear of God Essentials “narrate the goings-on of a sticky, discomfiting city, one in which the speaker witnesses a parade of delights and atrocities as they cohere in the present—the Cybertruck on Nostrand Avenue, the Candy Crush–playing cops in the subway station, the subversive humor of living in an era of upheaval,” write Emily Bark Brown and Gia Gonzales. 

  • SLEEK visits Agnes Questionmark, MFA Fine Arts ’25, for an interview and studio visit. “Blending mythology, medical science, and personal cosmology, Agnes Questionmark creates hybrid beings and surreal worlds that challenge the boundaries of identity, technology, and transformation.”

  • The Office of Research and Strategic PartnershipsBuilding Futures exhibition within the Time Space Existence architecture showcase at the Venice Biennale runs through November 23 and features a range of Pratt research and co-design projects including the Pratt Center’s EnergyFit NYC program, School of Design partnership with Gotham Professional Arts, and the Ice Box Challenge and Passive Housing Training Center from In Cho, visiting assistant professor of undergraduate architecture. The exhibition, developed with Cycle Architecture, explores circular construction, co-living, adaptive reuse, and deep energy retrofit of existing buildings. 

    A room featuring display screens, posters, and architectural models.
  • Big News Network profiled Ye Tian, MSIXD ’22. “[At Pratt,] she combined her creative foundation with a human-centered research methodology, discovering her true mission: to use design to solve real-world problems. With a solid academic background and outstanding innovative spirit, Ye Tian quickly distinguished herself in healthcare design, demonstrating extraordinary potential as a leader in the industry.”

  • Mark Grattan, BID ’06, spoke with Untapped Journal for “The House I Grew Up In,” the 2025–2026 theme of their symposium, Making Space. “It’s important to sit in [your home], understand how you feel in it, acknowledge how you move around the space, and identify things that will make you feel better in it.”

  • We Were the Scenery, directed by Assistant Professor of Film/Video Christopher Radcliff, screened at IFC Center from July 4 to 10 as part of the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour. Radcliff also had a recent film screening at Metrograph, alongside a film screening by Visiting Assistant Professor of Film/Video Suneil Sanzgiri.

  • Alessandra Clemente, BFA Interior Design ’22, was profiled in Haute Residence. At Pratt, her thesis “received the prestigious Pratt Institute Social Justice Award in the Leadership Category, highlighting its engagement with real social and spatial issues.”

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