Talk
Aarman Roy and Charu Pragya:
Artists as Purveyors of News
Akademi Mag is an independent digital publication based out of India. The central tenet of the publishing, editorial, and artistic practice that Akademi embodies is that theoretically rich perspectives on politics, culture, and society are necessary for an informed praxis. The publication attempts to achieve this goal by engaging in a mode of inquiry that intertwines facts and figures with normative values – alongside a rigorous emphasis on the role played by art in relation to informed public life in a democracy. We believe that art stems from strong political and social demands. With respect to the broader informational economy, attention must be paid to the aesthetic quality of the presentation of news and discourse. Through the talk, we will situate our design choices and the publication’s existence within India’s political climate and take the audience through a round-up of the publication’s journalistic and artistic products, as well as the minutiae of its production processes.
This talk is scheduled to take place online, , 2021, at in your current time zone (/UTC), as part of the main Typographics conference. Conference registration is available on a pay-what-you-can basis.
About Aarman Roy
Aarman Roy is an Indian designer and visual artist, with an interest in typography and 3D design, studying at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is a co-founder of Akademi, an independent publication based out of India. He has previously worked with WIRED, AndWalsh, and Art Camp. and is currently a design intern at Apple. His work has been featured on Intern magazine and has spoken previously at TypeWknd 2020.
About Charu Pragya
Charu Pragya is the founder-editor of Akademi Mag and a research and communications associate at Tandem Research. She recently graduated from Columbia University, New York with a Master's in Philosophy. She is passionate about economic justice and worker wellbeing, and strives to illuminate those issues through her work.
