Critical & Visual Studies' very own Rebekah Leigh Cione curated a show titled Simulated Interior. "Simulated Interior is a group show featuring sculptures by Enrique Garcia, Turner Cain, and Alex Berns. Given the decontextualized nature of the white walled gallery, the exhibit replicates the absurdity of suburban comfort in an alienating mise-en-scène fashion. Through misanthropic comedy and surrealistic gestures, everyday household objects are...
Music, Readings, and Discussion 4:00- 5:30 on Monday January 16, 2017 at St. Mary’s Church, 230 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11205 718.638.2090 The following panel will be discussing: “How relevant to our present situation are Dr. King’s words from 50 years ago?” - The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries, Congressman for the 8th District of New York- L. Joy Williams, President, Brooklyn NAACP- B. Ricardo Brown,...
Niggas Die Everyday: Writing Workshop & Pop-Up Gallery Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00pm #DecolonizeThisPlace, 55 Walker Street NYC Author of "10 Things I Want To Say To A Black Man" and "Love Above All Things," Falú wlll facilitate a free writing workshop and curate a pop-up gallery titled "Niggas Die Everyday" for the Insurgent Poets Society at Decolonize This Place Headquarters. Click here for more information...
“Delany’s Two Principles, The Argument for Emigration, and Revolutionary Black Nationalism” Please Join us on: Tuesday, Dec. 65:30-7:30Alumni Reading Room Bob Gooding-Williams will speak to us next week about his book project on Martin Delany, the so-called father of black nationalism. Before reading the paper, he will spend a little time reviewing some of his earlier work on the history of Af-Am political...
Resist! Film Series: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Wednesday, December 7 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Unnameable Books, 600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary released in 2011 documenting the Black Power movement in the U.S. Resist! Film Series showcases films and documentaries that focus on radical resistance, historical and contemporary activist movements, and intersectionality. Click here for more information and to RSVP. Critical & Visual...
Black Women's Resistance Toolkit in the Era of Trump This collection of resources was compiled by the staff and members of Black Women's Blueprint. Click here to see the full list of resources. #TeachingTheDisaster A compilation of resources for teaching after this election, put together by Anthropology prof. Zoe Wool and her colleagues at Rice Universit can all be found on Savage Minds, click here...
From the Social Justice/Social Practice Faculty Seminar As the home to students, faculty, and staff from around the world, and a global leader in the education of artists, designers and architects, Pratt has the responsibility to take a strong stand against bigotry, xenophobia, and hate in any form. We implore all of you to sign this petition and to please disseminate the link to...
Come join us for the next Black Lives Matter Pratt Student Meeting Tuesday, December 6 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm The Center in Main Hall The new Black Lives Matter Pratt student group led by the new BLM Director of Programming, Mahogany L. Browne, will meet every first and third Tuesday in the Diversity and Inclusion Center. For more information, follow BLM Pratt on social media: FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter. Critical &...
Please join us on Tuesday November 28, from 5:30- 7:30 in the Alumni Reading Room for our next speaker in the Symposium Series! Johanna Oksala will be giving her presentation titled "Feminism Against Bio-capitalism." Her paper "discusses the growth of bio-capitalism and analyzes its political consequences through the case study of commercial gestational surrogacy." She will touch on works by both Melinda Cooper...
Words in Solidarity: A Fundraiser for Immigrants' Rights Thursday November 17th, 7pm The Saint Catherine, 660 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn 11238 RSVP on Facebook here. Admission to reading is free, raffle tickets $20 each In light of the election results, it is important to stand with institutions that protect lives in this country, because those who have gained power will seek to strip and dismantle them....
Wednesday, November 1612:30-1:50pmDekalb 3rd floor conference room"States of Denial: Katanga, Rhodesia, and Transkei and the Limits ofAfrican Self-Determination." Josiah Brownell will be sharing two draft chapters of his new manuscriptproject: "States of Denial: Katanga, Rhodesia, and Transkei and the Limitsof Africa Self-Determination." These chapters will examine the complexrelationships between these three failed, right-wing African independencebids; the transatlantic racial networks they tapped into; and...
Please join the Critical And Visual Studies major on November 15, 1:00 - 2:00 PM for a presentation by Antonio Del Valle on his Senior thesis! Antonio's work is titled "Conversations On The Awakening Identity of Puerto Ricans". Join us in North Hall 112, There will be Tacos! Critical & Visual Studies All Events Are Free And Open To Public Pratt Institute 200...
The Institute for Visual Intelligence, would like to invite you to their Inaugural Symposium, Sat, Nov 19: 10 - 5 PM at NYU. The talk will be surrounding the Philisophical understanding of visual intellegence. Through the use of analytic philosophy we will attempt to discover the connection between logic, philosophy, and visual intellegence. You may still participate in the event by submitting an abstract or moderating a...
Thursday, November 10, at 7:00 PM DeColonizeThisPlace, 55 Walker Street, NYC Insurgent Poets Society presents, Asian American in America featuring poets; Paul Tran, Suzen Sweeney, and Guangpyo Hong, as well as a screening of the film, Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides. Click here for more information. Critical & Visual Studies All Events Are Free And Open To Public Pratt...
Chris Yaklmov- Sepember 21, 2014 Eric Godoy, assistant chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies, published a piece written with Aaron Jaffe today in the New York Times Philosophy Blog, "The Stone." The op-ed questions the effectiveness of using war rhetoric for mobilizing a response to climate change. It suggests instead a "green revolution": "Climate change demands not only a race to develop...
Tuesday November 1, at 6:30 PM Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, NY Dr. Carol Anderson, Chair of the African American Studies department at Emory University and author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide will join Akiba Solomon, Editorial Director of Colorlines, and Melanye Price, PhD and author of The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race, in a...
For fans of animation, cartoons and connoisseurs of the whimsical, the adventurous, and the critical image..Check out The Toon Goons. produced by our own Nina Balton, Crit Viz year 2016. Check out one of their podcasts, Here. http://thetoongoons.tumblr.com/ twitter.com/thetoongoons Pratt InstituteMain Brooklyn Campus 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Campus Map & Directions: http://www.pratt.edu/about_pratt/visit_pratt/ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information about our...
Nasreen Alkhateeb (MFA 2007),is a Transmedia Storyteller and media innovator. Come join us and hear Nasreen’s ideas on innovation, including working with new media, how information is consumed, and why clients are looking for new talent to repackage old material. Her work has been broadcaster for 10 years. https://vimeo.com/nasreen Novermber 2, 8 AM at Pratt’s Manhattan campus (144 West 14th Street) Register Here Pratt InstituteMain...
