4 Acts of Recovery
Title, credits and poster design and animation for film by Shahana Rajani, 2025
Shahana Rajani’s Four Acts of Recovery is a video piece following a fishing family living in the Indus Delta of Pakistan as they use drawing as a means to overcome unprecedented infrastructural violence and climate collapse. Set in a rapidly submerging delta region, the work depicts how coastal communities employ and transform visual expression to create new forms of faith, resistance, and belonging. It explores the emerging trend of mural painting depicting ancestral creeks and shrines, connecting it to the tradition of talismanic depictions in Islamic culture.