아니사 파라딜라 (Annisa Faradila), <되돌아오는 계절의 디지털화 (Digitizing Seasons of Returning)> (2025)

단채널 영상 / 흑백 / 사운드, 4분 35초 본 작업은 인도네시아 동부로의 귀환 여정에 대한 탐구이다. 작가는 이슬람력에 따라 간헐적으로 출현하는 ‘니케(Nike)’ 물고기의 계절을 관찰하며, 이를 ‘그리움’이라는 정서적 맥락과 연결한다. 고론탈로와 작가의 고향 팔루(Palu)의 지리적 공통성에 기반한 이 작업은 어부들의 일상을 아날로그 35mm 필름으로 기록하고 수동 현상 과정을 거쳐 완성되었다. 이러한 물질적 접근은 기다림과 귀환의 리듬을 체감하기 위한 장치이다. 영상 속 ‘가짜 아카이브’는 이미지를 기억으로 재구성하며, 관객으로 하여금 과거의 사건과 여정을 상상적 움직임으로 치환하게 한다. 본래 슬라이드 투사와 사운드스케이프 형태로 구현되었던 이 작업은 기록의 수명을 연장하기 위해 디지털 매체로 변환되었다.

Annisa Faradila, Digitizing Seasons of Returning (2025)

Single-channel video / Black and White / Sound, 4 min 35 sec

“Seasons of Returning” is Annisa’s exploration of the journey of returning after living away and eventually coming back to eastern Indonesia. In the process, Annisa observed the season of Nike fish (or Duwo in Gorontalo), which appears only once a month during the new moon in the Hijri (Qomariah) calendar, or at other unpredictable times. Due to its irregular appearance, this season is eagerly awaited by local fishermen and communities, earning the nike fish the nickname “Fish of Yearning.” The work is further rooted in Annisa’s hometown of Palu, which shares a geographical condition similar to Gorontalo, where this fish is also part of daily culinary traditions.

She photographs and documents her personal experiences and understanding, paying close attention to the routines of the fishermen and engaging in brief dialogues with them at the end of the nike fish season along the northern Leato Beach coast in Gorontalo. The fishermen’s preparations for returning home after this season mark a fleeting yet highly anticipated encounter, despite the long journeys involved. The nike fish must return upstream and will reappear only when the season comes again.

The work was produced using a 35mm analog photography and manually processed into reversal (positive) film as a way to immerse in the rhythm of waiting, preparation, and return while anticipating the nike season. The physical photographic material was presented as a creation of a “fake archive,” allowing the images to be reconstructed as memories, enabling viewers to imagine moving images that carry the events and long journeys of the past. This “fake archive” was previously exhibited through slide projection with a soundscape of Leato Beach at the end of the nike season, and was later digitized to extend the functional lifespan of the fake archival process.