Prismatic Ground 2026: Windows and Thresholds

In its sixth year, New York City’s Prismatic Ground festival doesn’t show any signs of rote predictability. Founder and programmer Inney Prakash has used the festival, which most recently took place from April 29 through May 3, to foreground global voices in the contemporary avant-garde. He likens his curatorial process to “conducting a piece of music or slaloming down a mountain,” but otherwise prefers to let the viewer parse threads and connections between the films he programs across four separate waves. It’s a galvanizing approach towards curation that remains surprising, generative, and ultimately grounding in a tumultuous moment for the […] Source