First Edition of the Syzygy Magazine! (Edited)

Words f rom the Editor What is SYZYGY and why does it matter?

This magazine is a result of an embarrassing number of self-proclaimed deadlines, endless self-doubting and way too much caffeine.

But when I think about what SYZYGY is for real, I am sent back to March 2019.

My f irst ever festival, it felt like Murphy’s Law was out to get me for real. Everything that could have gone wrong, did. It felt as though I was not really managing an event, but a series of disappointments and disasters. The three day period, the day before, the day after and the day of the festival were spent in a haze of sleeplessness, nicotine and a whole lot of running around.

At that time, all I could think was that “It’s too much for a college project”. Yep, that’s how it started, as a college project of an over-ambitious Soumya. But I feel oddly satisf ied looking back in retrospect now. I knew then that what I’m starting now will never be limited to a grade on my marksheet.

SYZYGY really has come a long way since it’s f irst show. Re-invented during the early days of quarantine. It really became a platform for people to talk about or showcase the arts and the philosophies they believed in. So, I guess SYZYGY really is a community and why it matters is, because the person reading this right now is a part of this community too.

The essence shall forever be the same, a safe place, a community of people who love art and expression, a series of music gigs, jamming artists, a mixed bag of people you could have never imagine in the same room on a random Friday and now a magazine which will hopefully continue to hold the legacy.

To everyone who has contributed to the content of this issue and to everyone who helped proof read, edit, illustrate and beautify it. Thankyou <3 Soumya Joshi ~ Public service statement: The team of Syzygy Arts Festival hereby mentions that all works of writing, art and design which are a part of this edition are owned by the artists/ communities/ organizations mentioned. We recieved these works as an intellectual property of the owners as claimed by them.

Any incident of replacement of ownership of intellectual works shall bethe full responsibility of the mentioned artists/ communities / organisations and shallnot fall under Syzygy Arts Festival.