Spool

collaborative film and research project. Indonesia 2018 and 2019

Spool is an interdisciplinary, collaborative project undertaken by long term friends and collaborators, Ninus (Annissa Adhika) and Amber Cronin. The duo have worked collaboratively between Australia and Indonesia since 2016, bringing together their shared interests through cross-cultural exchange and hybrid practice. Ninus is a dancer, choreographer and architect and Cronin’s practice is rooted in visual arts, community engagement and collaborative practice.

Spool is a performative installation that encompasses a number of investigations that the duo have shared over the years. The full work, which is in development for stage, is an ongoing collaboration which sits on the threshold of becoming. The short film (below), sets elements of the full work to a soundscape by sound designer Jian Liew (Kyson) (Austria/Australia). The installation/performance references the making of textiles, exploring materiality, ancient practices and actions that bring the pair into connection with the living world. The pair share practices in food, creation, choreography and collaboration to build and develop their shared language. The research that they share runs a thread through the interests for both Ninus and Cronin, binding them together in the shared practice which is Spool.

This short film was produced by local film maker and collaborator, Wayan Martino, and sound was made by Jian Liew (Kyson).

Spool has been supported by The Mill’s In-Between Spaces exchange program 2016 and Rumah Sanur Creative Space in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia 2016-2019.