An inverted landscape of images hovers overhead, forming a continuous field that shifts as visitors move beneath it. Color, angle, and proximity guide discovery, turning the exhibition into a spatial experience where work is revealed through motion rather than presented all at once.

Installed in the Hazel and Robert H. Siegel Gallery at Pratt Institute, the installation presents student work from Pratt Institute’s Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design as a floating cellular structure clad with imagery from the 2013 academic year. Constructed from precisely cut cardboard, the hanging volume occupies the gallery expansively while remaining lightweight and porous.

Projects are organized into clusters based on multiple criteria—including project type, location, conceptual approach, and semester. Work from Spring 2012 through Fall 2012 was mapped onto a three-dimensional grid and dynamically regrouped around four dominant qualities, producing a cloud-like structure that feels grown rather than rigidly ordered.

Each project occupies a single cell within the system. Together, these cells form a porous volume above, while the underside is clad with color-coded images of drawings, renderings, and diagrams. This underbelly reads as a continuous visual field, with density and gaps creating moments of pause and focus as visitors look upward into seams and pockets of work.

Composed of more than 250 unique cells, the installation balances opacity and openness, allowing light to filter through while maintaining a strong collective presence. Through aggregation and variation, the exhibition reflects the culture of the program itself—where individual voices remain distinct, yet are held together within a flexible, adaptive framework shaped by connection and complexity.

Photos: Alan Tansey