Edinburgh Printmakers warmly invites you to the launch of the upcoming exhibitions Robert Powell: Hall of Hours and Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani.
This event is free, and all are welcome, refreshments will be served. We encourage booking online in advance, as availability on the evening will be dependent on capacity.
Hall of Hours explores time through Robert Powell's unique imagery capturing humanity's complexity, grandeur, and folly in intricate and thought-provoking compositions. Inspired by medieval Books of Hours, this multimedia exhibition features prints, sculpture, sound installation and animation, reflecting on how we experience, order and preserve time.
Raindrops of Rani explores themes of fractured identity, displacement and cultural synthesis through Aqsa Arif's multimedia installation, encompassing film, textile screenprints and sculpture. Arif uses fantasy and worldbuilding to explore the pressures to assimilate in a hostile environment.
These exhibitions are part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2025.
Aqsa Arif's Raindrops of Rani is supported by Creative Scotland's Open Fund for Individuals, Print Clan, Brick + Mortar, and Too Happy Studios.
Robert Powell's Hall of Hours is also supported by New Media Scotland, and is a new body of work that expands on the themes contained within a previous work, Chronoscope, an animated clock commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland's Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland in 2022.
Both exhibitions have been made possible through production support from Edinburgh Printmakers' Studio.
Edinburgh Printmakers is supported by Creative Scotland.