{"id":2375,"date":"2024-05-13T18:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=2375"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:51:39","slug":"gyani-pradhan-wong-ah-sui","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/may-2024\/senior-spotlights\/gyani-pradhan-wong-ah-sui\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui \u201924"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024-Gyani-Pradhan-Wong-Ah-Sui-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui \u201924\" class=\"wp-image-2453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024-Gyani-Pradhan-Wong-Ah-Sui-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024-Gyani-Pradhan-Wong-Ah-Sui-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024-Gyani-Pradhan-Wong-Ah-Sui-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024-Gyani-Pradhan-Wong-Ah-Sui.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/screen-studies-ba\/\">Screen studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clark Days:<\/strong> Gyani\u2019s work has been deeply introspective, often exploring the senior\u2019s concept of \u201chome.\u201d Their <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2024\/04\/25\/red-carpet-to-be-rolled-out-for-student-filmmakers\/\">honors thesis film<\/a>, \u201cThe Moving Room,\u201d is a self-written, produced, and directed semi-autobiographical work contemplating their move from Sikkim, India, to the United States in 2017. They also directed the film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2023\/05\/11\/a-blockbuster-assignment\/\">Long Play<\/a>,\u201d exhibited original art in the ArtsWorcester <a href=\"https:\/\/artsworcester.org\/exhibits\/20th-annual-college-show\/\">20th Annual College Show<\/a>, and spent last summer in Sikkim documenting in 600 photographs what it meant to return home, a project funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/scholarships-fellowships\/steinbrecher-fellowship\/\">Steinbrecher Fellowship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post-Commencement Plans:<\/strong> Gyani will do pre- and post-production work such as editing, outreach, and scheduling for a film project documenting the experiences of young people in Central Mexico amid the uncertainty of climate change. The film is a group project that received a $10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2024\/04\/18\/students-awarded-10k-to-document-uplift-voices-of-those-impacted-by-climate-change\/\">Projects for Peace award<\/a>. They&#8217;re also director of photography for a Clark alum&#8217;s short narrative film and will be working freelance gigs locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reflection:<\/strong> \u201cEven if you&#8217;re not majoring in an art field, everyone should be able to see the potential to express themselves through art.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay Tuned:<\/strong> A photo essay documenting Gyani&#8217;s meditations on &#8220;home&#8221; is forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2024\/05\/13\/everyone-should-see-the-potential-to-express-themselves-through-art\/\">Full story on clarknow<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major: Screen studies Clark Days: Gyani\u2019s work has been deeply introspective, often exploring the senior\u2019s concept of \u201chome.\u201d Their honors thesis film, \u201cThe Moving Room,\u201d is a self-written, produced, and directed semi-autobiographical work contemplating their move from Sikkim, India, to the United States in 2017. 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