Samstag Gallery 2

Naina Sen / Naveed Farro / Harrison Hall

In an immersive, sculptural multi-channel installation, three collaborators: Naina Sen (NT), Naveed Farro (VIC) and Harrison Hall (VIC) have reimagined the cultural connections between West Asia and South Asia in this third AFF EXPAND commission.

Throughline focuses on Indo-Persian influences and contemporary legacies of Indo-Persian architecture celebrating the pluralistic ethos and uniquely communal and secular atmosphere of the courtyard of the Sufi shrine, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi, India. Suffused with Sufi poetry, dance and Qawaali music, the work blends the singing of a qawwali an ensemble of singers, used to induce a mystical trance to reflect on the continuity of  tradition, hybridity and endurance of cultural forms. 

Throughline originates from the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) EXPAND Lab, a development initiative bringing together filmmakers, artists and screen-based practitioners to develop collaborative approaches to making moving images. The AFF EXPAND Lab has been initiated by the Adelaide Film Festival and delivered in partnership with the Samstag Museum of Art, Illuminate Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia and the Balnaves Foundation, with support from Arts South Australia.