Spill I-III 
2022
14min
3-channel film, 4K UHD
5.1 surround sound


Spill I-III (2022). Installation view at Archivio Storico Comunale, Palermo. Photo: Iolanda Carollo


Spill I-III (2022). Installation view at Archivio Storico Comunale, Palermo. Photo: Iolanda Carollo


Spill I-III (2022). Installation view at Archivio Storico Comunale, Palermo. Photo: Iolanda Carollo



Spill I-III (2022) Film Still

Film by Deborah Joyce Holman
Performers - Phoebe Collings-James, Bernice Mulenga, Mawena Yehouessi
Director of Photography - Jim C. Nedd
Camera Operator - Antonio Annese
Sound Recordist - Sebastiano Caceffo
Producer - Letizia Gullo
Production assistant - Shantelle Palmer
Styling - Alice Lushima
Editing - Deborah Joyce Holman
Colour Grade - Andrea Vavassori
Score - Yantan Ministry
Vocalist - Makeda Monnet, Deborah Joyce Holman
Field recordings - Deborah Joyce Holman
Mixing & Mastering - Fitzrovia Post

Conceived by Deborah Joyce Holman & Tarek Lakhrissi, with some images directed by Tarek Lakhrissi.
Featuring Nisha Ramayya’s poem Joy of the Eyes, published in States of the Body produced by Love (Ignota, 2019).

Commissioned by Istituto Svizzero in co-production with Confort Moderne Poitiers, Nottingham Contemporary and Shedhalle Zurich, upon original proposition by Caroline Honorien.

Special thanks - Clelia Bartoli, Canan Batur, Phila Bergmann, Yann Chevallier, Gioia Dal Molin, Thea Reifler, Marged Siôn, Maxim Young.