Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art

Defiling Rain

A series of typographic font in a graffitied style. The text is in black, with a white background. The background of the piece is a range of colours with a rusted texture.
'Defiling Rain', 2026. Courtesy Of Jamie Crewe And The University Of Edinburgh Art Collection

Two neon orange wolf-like shapes blur and pixelate, their blue and deep red after-images behind them fading into black background.
Jamie Crewe, 'Defiling Rain', 2026. Courtesy of the artist and the University of Edinburgh Art Collection

Tickets
Book a free ticket
Dates and Opening times
Fri 12 Jun, 12pm - 5pm
Sat 13 Jun, 12pm - 5pm

PERFORMANCE
Sat 13 Jun, 7pm

Venue

Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, G41 2PE

Participants
Jamie Crewe
Presented by

University of Edinburgh Art Collection, LUX Scotland, Tramway & Glasgow International

Accessiblity

Level Access, Step Free: The venue has ramped or level access and/or lifts to upper floors

 

Toilets: The venue has toilets available for visitors

 

Accessible Toilets: The venue has a wheelchair accessible toilet


Gender Neutral Toilets: The venue has toilets not separated by gender or sex

 

Baby Change: The venue has baby changing facilities

 

Refreshments: There is a cafe or somewhere you can purchase refreshments

 

Bike Rack: There is cycle parking at the venue

 

 

The University of Edinburgh Art Collection and LUX Scotland present a special two-day screening by Jamie Crewe at Tramway as part of Glasgow International 2026, accompanied by a unique live event featuring Crewe and a musical ensemble.

Jamie Crewe​’s ​‘Defiling Rain’ is a collection of short audio-visual vignettes which take the opinionated animals and personified weather of medieval fables and abandon them in a city struck by disaster. Each vignette is a song, with music performed by a small ensemble of musicians and a variety of vocalists, and lyrics describing fraught and fantastical scenarios. They are fables with the tails lopped off or the heads removed.

Using a diverse range of cinematic techniques including animation, puppetry, and collage, Jamie’s stories without morals are richly illustrated and screened in an endlessly randomised order. Authority has fled or been overturned, the materials of commentary and instruction are deranged, and with their remains ​‘Defiling Rain’ stages the awe, horror, and joy of disintegration.

  • Friday 12 – Saturday 13 June, 12 – 5pm

  • Tramway, T1

  • Free (drop-in, unticketed)

I Plied My Poesy — Words and Music Regarding ​“Defiling Rain” — Jamie Crewe and Band

‘I Plied My Poesy — Words and Music Regarding ​“Defiling Rain” — Jamie Crewe and Band’ is a unique live event concluding ​‘Defiling Rain’ at Tramway. The event will feature songs played live, sketchbooks splayed open, and patter.

  • Saturday 13 June, 7 – 8pm

  • Tramway, T1

  • Free (ticketed)