Fotomuseum Winterthur | Online Events | Wednesday, 27.11.2024, 19:00–20:00
Screen Walk with Anshul Roy
Anshul Roy
In this Screen Walk, Anshul Roy will discuss his research related to colonial-era photography in British India, talking about his earlier project, Rage Against the Archive, which critically examined the 19th-century ethnographic book The People of India in the New York Public Library’s digital archives. Roy will expand on his past work and further discuss the proliferation of orientalist images from India on Instagram, now often produced by native photographers who parachute into local communities to capture photos for social media clout. Focusing on photographic activity taking place in key locations like Pushkar Mela and Varanasi, this Screen Walk will trace the genealogy of ethnographic photography in India and its transformation into contemporary self-orientalism on Instagram, where, according to Roy, the colonial gaze is now perpetuated by Indians themselves.
In Screen Walks, a series of live-streamed explorations of digital spaces, selected artists and researchers investigate artistic strategies taking place online. The project gives an insight into practices using the screen as a medium. From re-contextualising pictures found on online marketplaces and uncovering data brokers’ invisible circulation of images to analysing in-game photography and the social, political and economic implications of games – Screen Walks examines various approaches, offers a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ work and uncovers new, current and forgotten digital spaces. Screen Walks is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Biography:
Anshul Roy (b. 1997, IN) is a visual artist with an Master of Fine Arts in Art Photography from Syracuse University, NY, USA. In 2020, he received a Bachelor of Technology in Bioengineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, where he became interested in the intersection of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and arts and how these diverse knowledge systems could merge. Roy’s current artistic practice is inspired by postcolonial discourses, exploring issues like identity, historical memory, cultural representation and visual ethics. He is particularly interested in probing how British colonisers employed photography in India for ‘othering’ and visual propaganda and how these ethnographic photos exist in our contemporary institutional archives.
Screen Walks has launched a subscription model called Folders. Via a personal folder, subscribers receive access to exclusive content such as digital artworks by the artists participating in Screen Walks. Subscribe to Folders!
In Screen Walks, a series of live-streamed explorations of digital spaces, selected artists and researchers investigate artistic strategies taking place online. The project gives an insight into practices using the screen as a medium. From re-contextualising pictures found on online marketplaces and uncovering data brokers’ invisible circulation of images to analysing in-game photography and the social, political and economic implications of games – Screen Walks examines various approaches, offers a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ work and uncovers new, current and forgotten digital spaces. Screen Walks is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Biography:
Anshul Roy (b. 1997, IN) is a visual artist with an Master of Fine Arts in Art Photography from Syracuse University, NY, USA. In 2020, he received a Bachelor of Technology in Bioengineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, where he became interested in the intersection of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and arts and how these diverse knowledge systems could merge. Roy’s current artistic practice is inspired by postcolonial discourses, exploring issues like identity, historical memory, cultural representation and visual ethics. He is particularly interested in probing how British colonisers employed photography in India for ‘othering’ and visual propaganda and how these ethnographic photos exist in our contemporary institutional archives.
Screen Walks has launched a subscription model called Folders. Via a personal folder, subscribers receive access to exclusive content such as digital artworks by the artists participating in Screen Walks. Subscribe to Folders!
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