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Pratt brings climate advocacy projects to Governors Island

Decolonizing Industrial Design

Faculty Books of 2020

Explore the work of Pratt’s faculty members across a variety of disciplines, where they discover new critical perspectives, present new historical narratives, produce new visual frameworks, and more. The Limits of Empire:…

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Inside ComD Professor Ari Melenciano’s Research and Design Haven

For the Fall/Winter 2020 digital issue of the magazine, produced during this time of physical distancing, Prattfolio collaborated with faculty members on virtual tours of the places where they are working now. In this third installment of the issue, we…

A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato’s Creative Sanctuary

For the Fall/Winter 2020 digital issue of the magazine, produced during this time of physical distancing, Prattfolio collaborated with faculty members on virtual tours of the places where they are working now. This spotlight on Claire Donato, a writer and adjunct associate…

People walk in unison in a gallery space

Art Activated

In a one-room art studio, young men gather around a table to make stone carvings—representations of “defense objects” used for physical, emotional, or psychological protection. Across the room, fellow creators record video portraits in front of a backdrop, their movements…

A script in a room with a few black paintings, an island countertop and a tv screen in blue.

Student Work Explores Intimacy Over Distance

Together More Together is a silent, audienceless performance for two based on a score composed by digital arts student Holly Adams. The piece begins with two people crossing a bridge at sunset, then parting ways and documenting their separate-but-synchronized night with…

Shadow dancer with glowing circle resembling the sun, and dancers with puppet heads

Professor Theodora Skipitares Reimagines a Science Legend’s Story at La MaMa

An electrifying marching band, projected animations, towering puppets, dancers with glowing hula hoops, and cosmic strains of electronic music set the tone for a layered history lesson and celebration of one of history’s brilliant scientific minds. In her recent production,…

A stereoscopic camera mounted on a robot arm

Research Accelerates

Throughout its history, Pratt Institute has been a fertile site for research—from the earliest drawing classes that helped students explore the visible world through their own hands, to technological study that shaped emerging manufacturing fields during the early 20th century,…

Pratt Industrial Design Faculty and Students Create Instrument for Public Celebration

Their project, HURRAH!, is an interactive musical installation inspired by a commission from the Polish Cultural Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, DC, to commemorate 100 years of diplomatic relations between Poland and America. Design…