Raindrops of Rani, is a solo exhibition presented at Edinburgh Printmakers for the Edinburgh Arts Festival 2025.

The show features a short film accompanied by a series of digital and screen-printed textiles presented within sculptural frames. Drawing from my family’s experiences within the Queen's Court high rise flats in Glasgow, I weave together lived memory, generational trauma, and South Asian folklore into an immersive installation. Through film, screenprints, photography, and sculpture, I explore displacement not only as rupture but also as a site of resilience and reconnection.

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At its core lies the story of my own arrival in the UK from Pakistan. My family was initially placed in a high-rise council flat in Prospecthill Circus, on Glasgow’s Southside, by the Home Office. Years later, we were moved again by local authorities to facilitate the production of Sony Bravia’s 2006 Paint advert, an extravagant campaign requiring 1,500 explosive charges and 70,000 litres of paint. Directed by Jonathan Glazer with a reported budget of £2 million, the advert became an iconic spectacle. Meanwhile, the mostly working-class residents, refugees, and asylum seekers, including my family, were displaced and rehoused in other Glasgow high-rises.

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I reflect on the stark contrast between this global spectacle and the overlooked realities of the communities it disrupted. The exhibition becomes a meditation on the psychic and familial consequences of such displacements, especially for those still negotiating belonging in a place that promises refuge but feels alien.